Branding-energy amplifier

ABSTRACT

A branding-energy amplifier for amplifying the branding-energy of the Volkswagen beetle. Branding-Energy Amplifier established upon the principle of Node Plurality.

PART ZERO: CONTENTS SECTION ONE BUSINESS

1. Application Data Sheet

2. Prior Art

3. Field of Invention

4. Notice to the Examiner—The Volkswagen Corporation

5. Notice to the Examiner—Duplicate Set of claims

6. Notice to the Examiner—Copyright

7. Notice to the Examiner—Scope of claims

SECTION TWO: TOPICS

Topic 0: This is not a Design Patent

Topic 1: The Beetle as Icon

Topic 2: The Limousine as Standard Bearer of Brand

Topic 3: The Limousine as Money Machine

Topic 4: Flat-Roof Syndrome

Topic 5: Attracting Attention Attractively

Topic 6: DNA & Natural Law

Topic 7: Proposal & Discovery of New Automotive Species

Topic 8: Genesis: Biological Cell Division

Topic 9: The Rolling Automotive Billboard & Times Square;

Plurality & Branding Energy;

The Role of The Attraction of Attention

Topic 10: Money Multiplication & Branding Energy:

The Role of Echoed Shape and Evoked Memory

Topic 11: The Sunroof & Solar Energy Multiplication

Topic 12: Acoustics

Topic 13: Spatial Volume Multiplication

Topic 14: Privacy & Tranquility Multiplication

Topic 15: Parameter Multiplication

Topic 16: Mathematical Determinability Of Overall Length

Topic 17: The Sports Utility Vehicle As Money Machine

Topic 18: The Brand as Anchor: Acceptable Deviation from a Branded Shape

Topic 19: General Shapes for Potential Use in Rooftop Nodes

Topic 20: The Pervasive Principle of Plurality

Topic 21: Plurality as Mood-Maker

Topic 22: Node Latin

Topic 23: Connecting the Dots

Topic 24: Saving Money

Topic 25: Beauty & Truth

Topic 26: The Node as Mobile Home

Topic 27: The Cooper Mini Limousine: Coopernicus Infinitus

Topic 28: The Node as Beach Chair

Topic 29: Rooftop Storage

Topic 30: BRANDING ENERGYAMPLIFICATION DOCTRINE

Topic 31: Branding Energy Element 1: Node Protuberance

Topic 32: Branding Energy Element 2: Node Independence

Topic 33: Branding Energy Element 3: Node Plurification

Topic 34: Branding Energy Element 4: Human Conveyance

Topic 35: Branding Energy Element 5: Human Accommodation

Topic 36: Branding Energy Element 6: Branding Energy Amplification

SECTION THREE: DRAWING DESCRIPTIONS Drawing Figures printed on the sameline are drawn on the same page

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SECTION FOUR: DUPLICATED CLAIMS Claim 401 Through-and-Including Claim431 SECTION FIVE: CLAIMS Claim 401 Through-and-Including Claim 431 PagesNumbered Separately SECTION SIX: DRAWINGS Drawing FIG. 1Through-and-Including Drawing FIG. 36 c 2 Pages Numbered Separately PARTONE: BUSINESS

Application Data Sheet

0. This version (revision-4) is the most current version.

00. I hereby retain the core-kernel concept of the original inventionsubmission:

-   -   Branding-Energy Amplification established upon the Principle of        Node Plurality.        1. I hereby cancel:    -   all prior claims; and    -   all prior specifications; and    -   and all prior drawings.

2. I hereby cancel all unused “place-holding” claim numbers:

-   -   claim 76 through-and-including claim 400.        3. Please accept and add the following as new:    -   a. new claims: claim 401 through-and-including claim 431.    -   b. new specification: Page 1 through-and-including Page 279.        -   (Page Count includes Duplicated claims, but not claims and            not Drawings).    -   c. new drawings: FIG. 1 through-and-including FIG. 36 c 2.        Prior Art

A. Due to the constraints of time, and to the highly focused nature ofthis invention, I feel that the search conducted, although brief, issubstantially adequate.

B. I was not able to find any prior art that was cogently relevant tothis invention.

C. Prior Art that was obliquely related is as follows:

-   -   1. U.S. Pat. No. 5,299,791    -   2. USD—410,428    -   3. USD—277,298    -   4. USCLASS/SUBCLASS—296/21: “Advertising & Display”        Field Of Invention

This invention is related to the structure for bodies and tops ofautomobiles; especially as that structure relates to the amplificationof brand, and ultimately to the amplification of brand sales volume.

Notice to the Examiner—The Volkswagen Corporation

1. A copy of my original submission (less prior art, less claims) wassent to the Chief Executive Officer of Volkswagen Corporation ofAmerica, soon after my original submission was sent to the USPTO.

2. Documentation of delivery-receipt, and delivery day-time is availableupon request.

Notice to the Examiner—Duplicate Set of claims

A duplicate set of claims is included in this submission.

The first set of complete claims is hereby allocated for insertion inthe Specification.

The second set of complete claims is hereby allocated for insertion inthe claims.

Notice to the Examiner—Copyright

The totality of this work is in the process of application forcopyright.

Notice to the Examiner—Scope of claims

The scope of this invention should be determined both by the appendedclaims, and by their legal equivalents, rather than by the examplesgiven herein.

PART TWO: TOPICS NOTE the subject matter within each topic is eitherdirectly, or indirectly, or both directly and indirectly additionally anembodiment and additionally an object and advantage and additionally areason for utility patent status Topic 0: This is not a Design Patent

1. This is not a Design Patent.

2. This is not a set of Design Patents; with a Design Patent for eachEmbodiment.

3. This is a Utility Patent. Some of the reasons for this are presentedbelow.

Topic 1: The Beetle as Icon Drawing Figures and Drawing DescriptionsFIG. 1

Everyone in the world is likely to be familiar with the VolkswagenBeetle; the beetle is arguably the most successful shape in automotivehistory.

Although the beetle is not completely unique with respect to curvature,it is certain that no other automobile is

-   -   as distinctive (the beetle has its own slang: “the bug”);    -   as enduring (the bug has been in profitable service for        decades);    -   as endearing (the bug has been the star and leading man in many        movies).

Thus the universally known roundedly rotund and shapely beetle isuniversally beloved.

Perhaps beetle globular rotundity mirrors the measurelessness of thecircle in the way that Beethoven's Ode to Joy echoes the immortality ofthe circle; or the way that pi mathematically numbers circularnumberlessness.

It is also quite conceivable that, in the minds of many, beetle orbularsphericity reproduces the incomparable curvaceous purity of a pregnantwoman.

Or it may be, that memories of the 1960s, are coiled up, and tightlywound within the circular icon that defined an era;

-   -   that defined an era that was Birkenstock;    -   that defined an era that was Woodstock;    -   that defined an era that was.

Topic 2: The Limousine as Standard Bearer of Brand Drawing Figures andDrawing Descriptions FIG. 2

Concept limos, in nontraditional shapes, have been produced byrecreating popular flagship models in the limousine format;

-   -   both the Dodge-Ram limo and the Hummer limo are daring        implementations;    -   making unmistakably bold statements;    -   and having body-lines which seem to extend toward infinity and        beyond.

The Hummer limo is almost

-   -   the land-based version of a nuclear-powered aircraft-carrier;    -   complete with    -   impossibly-accurate laser-guided weapons;    -   thundering 8000-millimeter canons;    -   mach-10 Navy fighter-jets;    -   brilliant-banners beaming;    -   rockets red-glare gleaming;    -   .JOHN.PHILLIP.SOUZA.    -   salutes nautically-exploding from fresh-pressed dress-whites;    -   a    -   n    -   d    -   RED AND WHITE AND OLD-GLORY-BLUE snapping smartly in the salted        spray.        hummmmmmm.        hummmmmmme.        hummmmmmmer

People should almost be required to wear a flak-jacket while Juststanding next to a Hummer limo.

-   B-l-G-G-E-R T-H-A-N B-l-G.-   LARGER    -   THAN        -   LIFE.-   THIS Is the limo by Hummer!-   Extending the Length.-   Extrapolating the Concept.-   Breaching the Boundaries.-   Breaking the Bonds.-   Transcending the Barriers.-   Acquiring the Aura.-   Amplifying the Energy.-   Building the Brand.-   Making the Money.

Topic 3: The Limousine as Money Machine Drawing Figures and DrawingDescriptions FIG. 3

There is money to be made both by manufacturing and selling limousines;and by selling limousine riding-time.

There are at least 411 cities on earth with a population of more than 1million people. The likelihood is that each of these cities couldaccommodate at least 1 bug-limo.

Limousines sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars . . . manufacturingthem can certainly be profitable.

Also, in modern society, there exist numerously more special events,luxury functions, and black-tie affairs than existed in times past:

-   -   each luxury event represents yet another potential sale of        chauffeured-limousine riding-time.

Finally, many people have bonded with the shape of the Volkswagenbeetle;

-   -   or identify strongly with the iconoclastic, counter-cultural        heritage of the bug;    -   for these people, renting a c-o-n-v-e-n-t-i-o-n-a-l flat-topped        limo would simply be out of the question.

While, conversely, arriving at their soiree in curvaceouslycurvaturistic, multi-humped, semi-circular, s-t-y-----------l-e, wouldbe the very heart and soul of wit and fun. Thus, the limousine market isa crucially-pivotal market;

-   -   principally because of the potential for branding-energy        amplification;    -   but also because of both direct limousine sales, and indirect        limousine ride-time sales.

The physical extrapolation from the regular-sized flagship-model to thelonger limousine format,

produces an emotional extrapolation whose intangible and incalculableaffect is far greater than the mere length which is added.

The hummer limousine above is a splendid example of this.

Although, the plural-hump concept may be more appropriate for BeetleBrand Limousines, the attention-attracting Plural Roof-Node Concept maybe appropriated

-   -   for any conceivable Limousine brand;    -   for any conceivable brand shape-contour;    -   for any conceivable plural-quantify of roof-top-nodes.

Topic 4: Flat-Roof Syndrome Drawing Figures and Drawing DescriptionsFIG. 4

In times past, there were “flat-earthers”:

-   -   people who thought that all the world was flat;    -   they did not realize that the world is round.

In times present, there are “flat-roofers”:

-   -   people who think that all roofs are flat;    -   they do not realize that roofs should be round.

The world is round;

-   and the people who live on the earth are round;-   Very little of what we would call the natural kingdom is comprised    of angularity or linearity;-   Very much of what we see here on earth is comprised of curvature;-   This is a good thing.

To date, because of the failure to creatively think ‘outside of thebox’,

-   -   “flat-roof-syndrome” has created a nearly impenetrable flat-roof        ‘glass-ceiling’;    -   effectively barring rounded-roof vehicles from being        extrapolated, extended, and recreated in the limousine format.

To date, traditional limos are all produced with flat roofs.

Topic 5: Attracting Attention Attractively Drawing Figures and DrawingDescriptions FIG. 5

Multiplied Humps. Multiplied Remembrance. Multiplied Brand.

A multi-humped beetle limousine has the potential to exponentiallyincrease brand-awareness in a highly positive way:

-   -   If you were to see a singular Marilyn Monroe walking down the        street, you probably would notice.    -   If, however, you were to see 88 Identical Marilyn Monroes's        singlefiling fashionably in parade-dress parade, you would        likely stop;        -   whatever you were doing;        -   and stare;        -   in exasperated amazement;    -   Wondering all the while what in the world was going on.

In the same way,

-   -   a bug limousine with 88-humps would most surely capture and        retain your attention;    -   any focus-group surveyed 88-years later would very likely        remember the 88-humped limousine in a very fond and very        positive way.

Topic 6: DNA & Natural Law Drawing Figures and Drawing Descriptions FIG.6

A camel with one camel hump is a member of the species “Camelusdromedarius”;

A camel with two camel humps is a member of the species “Camelusbactrianus”.

The DNA of C. dromedarius is unique relative to the DNA of C.bactrianus.

The DNA of C. bactrianus is unique relative to the DNA of C.dromedarius.

The DNA of any is distinctly discretely definably different than the DNAof any other.

The differences in DNA produce differences in appearance (one lump ortwo).

Also, the differences in DNA produce differences in function:

-   -   It is far easier to adapt a two-humped camel, than a one-humped        camel, to be ridden by a human being.

By extension then,

-   -   a Volkswagen beetle limousine with 88 humps, does not look the        same, does not function the same, and is, in fact, not the same,        as a Volkswagen beetle with 1 hump;    -   Because they do not share identical Automotive DNA.

Topic 7: Proposal & Discovery of New Automotive Species Drawing Figuresand Drawing Descriptions FIG. 7

As a way to amplify the branding energy of the singular VolkswagenBeetle (Buggus singularitus),

I propose an entirely new species:

-   -   the plurally humped Volkswagen Beetle: Buggus infinitus.

Eventually within this work,

-   -   The concept of curved beetle plurality above, will be extended        and generalized, to encompass and include plurality of any        arbitrary shape: Arbitraricus infinitus;

For now,

-   -   The focus will be exclusively on plurality as it pertains to the        Volkswagen Beetle.

By adding additional humps to the curved concept embodied in theVolkswagen Beetle, several important advantages will be obtained.

By far, the most important of these advantages is

-   -   the potential to attract attention attractively;    -   the potential to exponentially increase brand awareness in a        highly positive way;    -   the potential to exponentially amplify the energy of brand.

Increasing advantages accrue with increasing humps:

-   A limousine with 8 humps would be extremely distinctive;-   and could be extremely valuable-   in the extremely lucrative extreme-limousine marketplace.

A sports utility vehicle with both enormous forward and humongousrearward steroid-saturated humps, would attract attention like no othersuv in the highly competitive, and highly profitable sport utilityvehicle marketplace.

Both Beetle spinoffs could optionally make extensive use of existingtooling, and existing parts, like sunroofs and sunroof parts likegaskets; and windows and window parts like frames and gaskets etc.

Later, more advantages will be discussed; however, the key advantagethat plurality provides is BRANDING-ENERGY-AMPLIFICATION.

Topic 8: Genesis: Biological Cell Division Drawing Figures and DrawingDescriptions FIG. 8 a-FIG. 8 m Claim 2 See Also Drawing Figures andDrawing Descriptions FIG. 32 a-32 p 4

In the second claim, the following language is used:

-   -   “a first beetlelike curve obtained biologically by the        biological automotive cellular division of the basic concept of        beetlelike curvature as uniquely expressed in the Volkswagen        beetle . . . .”

Biological Cell Division is the core concept of the biology of life;

Automotive Cell Division is therefore,

-   -   a uniquely powerful and potent paradigm within which to coalesce        the core concept of this Invention: Plurality (and to a much        lesser extent, curvature).

The concept of Automotive Cell Division very accurately describes theconceptual-intuitive genesis of this invention.

Later, in the section (Topic 32) marked Node Independence, in the“Doctrines” section, the concept of Automotive Cell Division will beused to precisely quantify the independent status of an independentnode.

Discrete steps in the process of Automotive Biological Cell Division areas follows:

-   -   Initial Independence    -   Conception    -   Differentiation (Cell Division)    -   Completing Differentiation    -   Completed Differentiation    -   Integration    -   Completing Integration    -   Completed Integration

Topic 9: The Rolling Automotive Billboard & Times Square Plurality &Branding Energy The Role of the Attraction of Attention Drawing Figuresand Drawing Descriptions FIG. 9 a 1-FIG. 9 d 4 claim 7

Portions of claim number 7 read as follows: “ . . . create, in affect,

-   -   a rolling automotive billboard        -   for attracting attention; and        -   for amplifying the energy of brand; . . .    -   encreasing the net number of nodes per unit automotive length;        and thereby enhancing the node resolution;        -   the node resolution measured in nodes per unit automotive            length;        -   much like a television set; and a times square display            board;            -   both of which are rated in nodes per unit length;        -   so as to effectively create, in affect, the rolling            automotive billboard;    -   enlarging the physical sizing of each node;        -   so as to effectively create, in affect, the rolling            automotive billboard; and thereby enhancing the visibility            of the rolling automotive billboard; and thereby            entensifying the visual impact of the rolling automotive            billboard; and thereby entensifying the emotive and            cognitive impact of the rolling automotive billboard on the            human brain; very much like the dazzling display boards at            times square; . . .    -   whereby, the plurally noded rolling automotive billboard        implicitly and continuously functions as an amplifier of the        energy of brand;    -   and whereby, the amplifier of the energy of brand implicitly and        continuously functions as the rolling automotive billboard.”

This is only part,

-   -   but nevertheless an extremely important part, of what it means        to amplify the energy of brand;

By integrally enforming huge, multiple hump-like roof-projections uponthe roof of an automobile,

-   -   attention will invariably be attracted;    -   remembrance will invariably be attained;    -   Branding Energy will invariably be amplified.

Optionally also,

-   -   lighting may be arranged along the node surfaces in order to        further attract attention.

Attracting Attention and Evoking Memory are the Primary Tools employedin the Art and Science of the Discipline of Advertising.

-   Multiplied Nodes.-   Multiplied Visibility.-   Multiplied Recognizability.-   Multiplied Remembrance.-   Multiplied Brand.-   Multiplied Sales.-   Multiplied Brand.-   Multiplied Profits.-   Multiplied Brand.

Topic 10: Money Multiplication & Branding Energy the Role of EchoedShape and Evoked Memory Drawing Figures and Drawing Descriptions FIG. 10Claim 8

Portions of claim number 8 read as follows:

-   -   “expressing . . . an architectural shape which is        architecturally associated architecturally with a branded shape        of a shaped brand;    -   enmirroring architecturally the shaped architectural resemblance        of the branded shape; and    -   echoing the memory of the branded shape; . . . and    -   evoking the memory of the shaped brand; . . . and    -   enhancing the visibility . . . by enpluralizing the total number        of nodes enformed; and    -   encreasing the recognizability . . . by appropriately enscaling        the physical sizing of the nodes enformed; and    -   encatalyzing . . . via the enmirrored architectural resemblance;        and        -   via the echoed memory; . . . and        -   via the evoked memory; . . . and        -   via the enhanced visibility; and        -   via the encreased recognizability; the amplification of the            sales of any of the species of the genus of the shaped            brand, including the very vehicle itself;    -   enchanneling the amplified profits, from the encatalyzed sales,        to any company owning . . . any of the branding rights, to any        of the species of the genus of the shaped brand, including the        very vehicle itself.”

Making money is the primary purpose of this patent; all other objectivesare subservient to this one.

In the preceding topic,

-   -   making money was accomplished by attracting attention to the        branding energy amplifier itself;

In the present topic,

-   -   making money is accomplished both by attracting attention to the        branding energy vehicle amplifier itself, (the Branding Energy        Amplifier vehicle itself comprises a brand),    -   and by echoing the physical resemblance of a (pre-existing)        branded entity,    -   and thereby evoking the cognitive remembrance of a        (pre-existing) branded entity.

Making the enpluralized multi-humped branding-energy-amplifying vehicleitself visually appealing and memorable,

makes all of the other vehicles associated with the branding-energyvehicle visually appealing and memorable;

Which makes the brand itself visually appealing and memorable . . .

Sales are catalyzed, and profits are channeled, and . . . money is made.

Attracting Attention and Evoking Memory are the Primary Tools employedin the Art and Science of the Discipline of Advertising.

Topic 11: The Sunroof & Solar Energy Multiplication Drawing Figures andDrawing Descriptions FIG. 11 a-FIG. 11 b

Sunroofs may be installed in any of the multi-noded embodiments herein;

however, the following discussion relates especially to a curved sunroofinstalled in at least one curved beetlelike hump of a multihumpedVolkswagen Beetle branding energy amplifier.

Prisms have long been used to introduce light into spaces which arerelatively lacking in light.

Ancient sailing-vessels used emerald-colored octagonal prisms set intothe decking surface, to bring light directly down to the chambers below.

New houses (and retrofitted old houses) often use flexiblelight-baffles, with a prismatic lens set on the roof-deck above, tobring natural-light (free-for-the-taking) to bathrooms, and kitchens,and other rooms or spaces lacking in light.

Here, the curvature of the curved sunroof, functions as aquasi-prismatic lens, for gathering more light for transmission to theinterior.

Also, the greater surface area of the curved surface (compared with aflat surface), allows more unit-area for light to pass through; relativeto the substantially flat surface of the industry-standard flat sunroof.

Light gain is multiplied (per automobile),

-   -   because humps & sunroofs are multiplied, that is, added        recursively; see topic 15 for more information on parameter        multiplication.

Solar energy (sunlight) is very important to human health because anumber of biological processes are critically dependent upon light:

-   -   including the metabolism of vitamin d, and serotonin, and        melatonin.

Of course, sunroofs may be substantially fixed and immobile;

Or they may be substantially movable between an open state and a closedstate.

Additionally, in Topic 28, “The Node as Beach-Chair”, even greatersolar-energy gain is attained using exterior (outdoor) seat-formingnodes.

Finally,

I have chosen the industry standard substantially flat sunroof as thebasis for comparison in the claims;

Certainly other sunroof shapes are possible (triangular, square,parallelepiped, etc.);

However, for reasons of

-   -   ergonomics,    -   aesthetics,    -   customer preference,    -   manufacturing efficiency,    -   aerodynamics,    -   and other potential reasons,

None of those designs are realistically feasible within the automotivemarketplace as it is known today.

Topic 12: Acoustics Drawing Figures and Drawing Descriptions FIG. 12claim 9

A curved roof,

-   -   although not a true parabola, behaves sufficiently similar to a        true parabola, to be considered a true parabola, or at least a        quasi-parabola; at least within the context of the automotive        interior.

Acoustic isolation:

-   -   By virtue of the plurality of curved beetlelike quasi-parabolic        roofs, distinct acoustical environments exist within and under        each curved roof-hump within the common interior space of the        automobile; and    -   Therefore the passengers under a given roof-hump of a given        automobile, can be isolated to a substantial degree, from the        passengers under another roof-hump of the same automobile;    -   All those who have suffered through the agony of extended road        trips will readily applaud this feature.

Optional Tuning: Each curved hump may be optionally entuned as desired,to attain a predetermined acoustic parameter or frequency response.

There are four distinct acoustical environments:

-   -   1. A non-parabolic environment;        -   here, acoustic-energy is wasted.        -   (The “exterior nonadjacent area” in claim 9)    -   2. An area adjacent to a parabolic environment,        -   but not within the “umbrella” of the parabola;        -   here, acoustic energy is rejected,        -   much like a bandstop filter.        -   (The “exterior adjacent area” in claim 9);    -   3. An area within the “umbrella” of the parabola, but not at the        focus;    -   here, acoustic-energy is redirected toward the focus,    -   and is conserved and enhanced,    -   much like a bandpass filter and an amplifier.        -   (The “interior inside area exclusive of the quasifocalpoint”            in claim 9);    -   4. An area within the “umbrella” of the parabola, and at the        focus;        -   here also, acoustic-energy is also redirected toward the            focus,        -   and is also conserved and enhanced,        -   much like a bandpass filter and an amplifier.        -   (The “interior quasifocalpoint” in claim 9);

A. Acoustic Quality Accumulation Rating

1. Acoustic Quality Accumulation Rating=Interior Intensity+ExteriorIntensity

2. For the purposes of the claims 1 have used a nonstandard method tomeasure Acoustical Quality (The Acoustic Quality Accumulation Rating,AQAR) in order to quantifiably enumerate the acoustical contribution ofeach Node (roof) in a plurally Noded (plurally roofed) automotivevehicle; especially a plurally-Noded Quasi-Parabolic vehicle.

3. The AQAR for both a plurally-Noded Quasi-Parabolic vehicle, and asingular-Noded Industry Standard vehicle will be determined, and thencompared.

4. The comparison will show that a plurally-Noded Quasi-Parabolicvehicle is acoustically superior to a singular-Noded Industry Standardvehicle.

5. Methods: Inside the quasiparabola: Interior Intensity

-   a. Let a sound source of a predetermined frequency and a    predetermined intensity be placed inside the Node, at the Node    quasifocalpoint of the plurally-Noded Quasi-Parabolic vehicle; and    at the Node centerpoint of the singular-Noded Industry Standard    vehicle.-   b. Let the sound source be triggered.-   C. Let the resultant intensity be measured inside the Node at a    predetermined position near the outermost portion of the Node, but    still within the interior portion of the Node.-   d. Let each resultant Interior Intensity be assigned a positive    value.

6. Methods: Outside the quasiparabola: Exterior Intensity:

-   a. Let a sound source of a predetermined frequency and a    predetermined intensity be placed at a predetermined position    outside of the Node.-   b. Let the sound source be triggered.-   c. Let the resultant intensity be measured inside the Node at the    Node quasifocalpoint of the plurally-Noded Quasi-Parabolic vehicle;    and at the Node centerpoint of the singular-Noded Industry Standard    vehicle.-   d. Let each resultant Exterior Intensity be assigned a negative    value.

B. The Whole Vehicle Acoustic Quality Accumulation Rating

-   1. Whole Vehicle Acoustic Quality Accumulation Rating (WVAQAR):    -   WVAQAR=Interior Accumulation+Exterior Accumulation-   2. Interior Accumulation: Accumulate all of the Interior    Intensities.-   3. Exterior Accumulation: Accumulate all of the Exterior    Intensities.

C. Results

1. The (claimed) plurally-Noded Quasi-Parabolic vehicle will have alarge-positive interior accumulation, and a small-negativeexterior-accumulation;

-   -   The net WVAQAR will be a large-positive rating.

2. The singular-Noded Industry Standard vehicle will have asmall-positive interior accumulation, and a large-negativeexterior-accumulation;

-   -   The net WVAQAR will be at best a small-positive rating.

3. The (claimed) plurally-noded Quasi-Parabolic vehicle will beacoustically superior to singular-Noded Industry Standard vehicle.

D. The Equivalence of Alternative Methods

0. The method described above is equivalent to the method described inthe claims, as will be shown below.

00. The method described in the claims was only used to enhance ease ofclaiming.

1. The Method shown above can be illustrated as follows:{+[I(1)+I(2)+ . . . +I(n)]}+{−[E(1)+E(2)+ . . . +E(n)]}.Where

-   -   I=interior intensity of the plurally-Noded Quasi-Parabolic        vehicle    -   E=exterior intensity of the plurally-Noded Quasi-Parabolic        vehicle        {+[i(1)+i(2)+ . . . +i(n)]}+{−[e(1)+e(2)+ . . . +e(n)]}.        Where    -   i=interior intensity of the sinaular-Noded Industry Standard        vehicle    -   e=exterior intensity of the sinaular-Noded Industry Standard        vehicle.

In other words, All of the Interior Intensities are added together andassigned a positive value; and

-   -   All of the Exterior Intensities are added together and assigned        a negative value; then    -   Both of these quantities are added together.

Note:

Although the singular-Noded Industry Standard vehicle by definition hasonly 1 Node,

(And therefore does not require the “sub n” arbitrary Node ‘iterator’notation format), the arbitrary “sub n” notation format is includedanyway for the sake of symmetry.

2. The WVAQAR of the plurally-noded Quasi-Parabolic vehicle exceeds TheWVAQAR of the singular-Noded Industry Standard vehicle by the followingamount:{+[I(1)+I(2)+ . . . +I(n)]}+{−[E(1)+E(2)+ . . . +E(n)]}−{+[i(1)+i(2)+ .. . +i(n)]}+{−[e(1)+e(2)+ . . . +e(n)]}={[I(1)−i(1)]+ . . .+[I(n)−i(n)]}−{[E(1)−e(1)]+ . . .+[E(n)−e(n)]}=n×{[I(k)−i(k)]−[E(k)−e(k)]}=n×{[I(k)−i(k)]+[−E(k)−(−(e(k))]}=n×{[I(k)−E(k)]−[i(k)−e(k)]}=n×{[I(k)+−E(k)]−[i(k)+−e(k)]}

Therefore: the plurally-Noded Quasi-Parabolic vehicle AQAR exceeds thesingular-Noded Industry Standard vehicle AQAR by the following per Nodeamount:[I(k)+−E(k)]−[i(k)+−e(k)].

The term:[I(k)+−E(k)]is

-   -   the per Node signed positively Interior Intensity{I(k)} of the        plurally-Noded Quasi-Parabolic vehicle, plus    -   the per Node signed negatively Exterior Intensity {E(k)} of the        plurally-Noded Quasi-Parabolic vehicle.

The term:[i(k)+−e(k)]is the analogous quantity, but for the singular-Noded Industry Standardvehicle.

The minus sign between the two terms merely indicates

-   -   that we are finding the amount by which the plurally-Noded        Quasi-Parabolic vehicle exceeds the singular-Noded Industry        Standard vehicle;    -   In other words the differential amount.

3. This is exactly what is claimed in claim number 9:

-   attaining implicitly an acoustic quality accumulation rating of c;    -   per unit node;        -   where c is shorthand for curved; and-   observing a lower acoustic quality accumulation rating of f;    -   per unit node;    -   for the industry standard substantially flat topped roof;    -   where f is shorthand for flat; and-   surpassing the acoustic quality accumulation rating of the    acoustically inferior flat roof, by a quantity c minus f; [the    differential amount] per unit node; and-   accumulating a whole vehicle acoustic quality accumulation rating of    the quantity c minus f, multiplied by the number of nodes n;

Therefore, Acoustic quality is multiplied per automobile,

-   -   because humps are multiplied per automobile, that is, added        recursively; Topic 15: Parameter Multiplication.

Finally,

-   -   the abstract concepts of acoustic-energy, and its conservation        and enhancement, become tangible and beautiful and breathtaking        when seated in a bandshell anchored in the water on a serenely        summer evening picturesque and peaceful.

Multiplying acoustic quality.

Isolating the occupants from undesirable noise.

Enveloping the occupants with pleasurable acoustic energy;

-   -   much like that in a bandshell; or in a symphonic space for        music.

Intensifying the auditory enjoyment.

Topic 13: Spatial Volume Multiplication Drawing Figures and DrawingDescriptions FIG. 13 a-FIG. 13 b

Within the interior space of any given automobile,

-   -   the maximum ceiling height (roof height) is ergonomically        constrained by ergonomic factors;    -   If the roof-ceiling is too far above the head, the interior of        the automobile will seem cavernous and hollow and detached and        uninviting.

If, however, the roof height is only locally changed (changed only in alocal area), then, a much higher roof height will be tolerated and evenpreferred by the people within.

-   -   Much like        -   a bay window in a home; or        -   a bell-tower living-room above a home; or        -   a breakfast nook;    -   a local enlargement        -   provides added volume for living;        -   as well as a cozy, and secluded, and warm & fuzzy space for            just being.

A box-like and substantially parallel-sided locally-raised roof-heightis another possibility;

-   -   however, within the automotive context:        -   if indeed “beauty is its own excuse for being” . . .        -   then such ugliness would be quite defenseless.

The only real-world solution, is to use a rounded and curvedlocally-raised roof height; this is especially critical or at leastdesirable when plural roof-hump-nodes are employed.

This is the solution adopted by both the new beetle, and by the old andoriginal beetle.

Finally, People are territorial by nature, and need substantialquantities of ‘living space’.

Spatial volume is multiplied per automobile (Topic 15), because humpsare multiplied, that is, added recursively.

Topic 14: Privacy & Tranquility Multiplication Drawing Figures andDrawing Descriptions FIG. 14 a-FIG. 14 c

When you are at a restaurant on a date with a woman who is nearlyperfect,

-   -   you want to sit in a booth.    -   Period.    -   Not a table.    -   Not a counter.    -   Not anything but a booth.    -   Period.

There is nothing even remotely like a quiet, cozy, and intimate booth toprovide intimacy for intimate conversation.

A bay-window;

-   -   a breakfast-nook;    -   a living-room bell-tower above the roof-top of a home;    -   all of these function in very much the same way;

So does a rounded-roof in an automobile . . . especially a rounded roofwith a rounded sunroof

Privacy is multiplied per automobile (Topic 15) because humps aremultiplied, that is, added recursively.

Topic 15: Parameter Multiplication Drawing Figures and DrawingDescriptions FIG. 15 a-FIG. 15 c

Multiplication is merely defined as repeated addition.

When a given quantity or parameter is differentially greater perroof-node;

and when

-   a plural quantity of roof-nodes is employed;-   the per roof-node differential amount is repeatedly added    (recursively added) together; and is, therefore, multiplied by the    number of roof-nodes.

Topic 16: Mathematical Determinability of Overall Length Drawing Figuresand Drawing Descriptions FIG. 16 a

A very substantial quantity of very substantial arguments have beenpresented, and will be presented, directed toward the inevitable andproper conclusion that these plurally-humped (plurally-noded)automobiles, created for the amplification of the energy of brand, are,in fact, worthy of utility patent status.

The Mathematical Determinability of Length is yet another reason for thejust and proper conferation of utility patent status.

Since these Branding-Energy Amplifier automobiles are formed byrecursively cloning discrete Beetlelike humps (discrete nodes),

the overall length will be (given some appropriate assumptions),

-   -   a stepwise function growing stepwisely by discrete chunks, not        infinitely variable, as with conventional automobiles.        If we let:    -   h=horizontal length of the hump (node) or hump fragment (node        fragment);    -   (for this example we have assumed h is constant for all humps        (nodes));    -   s=horizontal hump-to-hump (node-to-node) spacing;    -   (for this example we have assumed s is constant for all humps        (nodes));    -   f=horizontal front-end projection;    -   r=horizontal rear-end projection;    -   n=number of humps (nodes);        -   (for this example, we have assumed n to be an integer which            is greater-than-or-equal-to 2);        -   (n will always be greater-than 1; but n will not always be            an integer);

Then, the length L, of a multi-hump (multi-node) branding-energyamplifier, isL=f+r+(n×h)+([n−1]×s).

Note: The length will also be constrained by limitations imposed by:

-   -   the jurisdiction in which the automobile is licensed;    -   the maximum steering angle;    -   the minimum radius of the streets upon which the automobile will        be traveling;    -   etc.

Topic 17: The Sports Utility Vehicle as Money Machine Drawing Figuresand Drawing Descriptions FIG. 17 a-FIG. 17 t

The Sports Utility Vehicle as it exists within the United States in theyear 2004 is a paradox.

-   -   On the one hand certain political groups would prefer that the        Government ban outright all further SUV production; and the U.S.        Government itself is constantly imposing new taxes and new        regulations on SUVs;    -   While on the other hand, consumers in general, have absolutely        fallen in love with the SUV.

Manufacturers, for their part, see the monstrously bulging andphysically enormous SUV as an absolute ca$h cow.

All manufacturers are continually seeking new ways to effectively tapthis extraordinarily lucrative market.

Concept 1: The Beetle SUV as Animal

A dual-humped

-   -   jacked-up    -   testosterone-laced    -   steroid-saturated    -   sinew-snapping    -   curvaturistically-globular    -   wide-framed    -   four-doored    -   four-on-the-floored    -   four-wheeled    -   four-wheel-drive-d    -   big and b-aaaaa-d    -   and ‘ahnery’    -   and almost downright animalistic        -   ESS-YU-VEEE            -   Bug-A-Bug-On-Steroids . . .

May be the perfect way to tap break into this market.

Concept 2: The Beetle SUV as kitten

A twin curved

-   -   and softly spoken    -   and diminutively delicate    -   and cuddly petite    -   and warm and fuzzy    -   and teeny and tiny little suv a kind of kinder and gentler suv .        . .

May be more appropriate for narrower roadways, and for increased fuelefficiency; while still offering the advantages of curvature-pluralityfor attractively attracting attention (BE Amplification), and theheadroom space increase implicitly provided by curved rooftop vehicles.

Concept 3: The Beetle SUV as “Luv-Bug”

The classic Valentines Day Heart:

The center-area between the front and rear humps (nodes) may be formedin the shape of the upper split-center-crease of the Valentines DayHeart; and

The two hump-halves (node-halves) may be formed in the shape of theupper heart-halves of the Valentines Day Heart.

. . . It is ‘heart and soul’ . . . .

Concept 4: The Plural Roof-Node-Concept as Brand-X SUV

Although, the twin-hump concept may be more appropriate for vehiclesmodeled after the Volkswagen Beetle,

The attention-attracting Plural Roof-Node-Concept may be appropriated

-   -   for any conceivable SUV brand; and    -   for any conceivable brand shape-contour; and    -   for any conceivable plural quantity of roof-top-nodes.        Concept 5: Roof Modification—Physically Amplified Humps (Nodes)

Physically Larger rooftop humps (nodes):

-   -   1. Are easier to see; and therefore    -   2. Attract more attention; and therefore    -   3. Amplify more of the energy of brand; and    -   4. Allow substantially more headroom inside.

Physically larger rooftop humps (nodes) are especially useful in larger(wide-body) vehicle formats; such as the SUV and the Limousine.

Physically larger rooftop humps (nodes) are substantially more visibleand recognizable and memorable:

-   -   they build brand in a more dynamic and “souped-up” and        supercharged way.        Concept 6: Roof Modification—Tubelike Humps (Nodes)

Please also refer to Topic 18, and Topic 29.

A substantially tubelike profile is obtained when the principal-radiifront-view is increased toward infinity; and when the principal-radiiincluded-angle front-view is adjusted so as to trim the curve tosubstantially match the width of the automobile;

the substantially flat tubelike curve is flat across the top when viewedfrom the front, and curved when viewed from the side.

A huge tubelike profile radiates an “attitude”: “big and bad andahnery”; which is perfect for an offroad SUV animal.

The Tubular configuration provides more headroom than a non-tubularconfiguration;

In the non-tubular configuration the roof-line tapers downward along theline of the tubular reference-axis; thereby nullifying a portion of theinterior headroom.

Review: Physically Amplified Rooftop Humps (Nodes)

-   -   1. Greater Visibility;    -   2. And therefore Greater Potential to Amplify the Energy of        Brand;    -   3. More Interior Headroom;    -   4. Tubular Configuration Allows Wider Vehicle Frame;    -   5. And therefore Increased Lateral Stability;    -   6. Tubular (‘Tube’) Configuration especially in the Offroad SUV        Platform provides the ‘tude’ in ‘attitude’.

Topic 18: The Brand as Anchor Acceptable Deviation from a Branded ShapeDrawing Figures and Drawing Descriptions FIG. 18 a 1-FIG. 18 i 3

Concept 1: Which Brands may be Amplified

The shape of the Volkswagen beetle is the shape of primary importancewithin this work; however, claims are both presented and intended toencompass the shape of any brand including the following, (but notexcluding any which are not following):

-   -   the Audi tt;    -   the Cooper mini; and    -   the shape of the plurally-noded vehicle itself, (which itself        implicitly constitutes a brand); and    -   the shape of any plurally-noded arbitrarily-shaped vehicle.

Therefore, to restate,

-   -   A two-noded Sports Utility Vehicle may be configured as an        Amplifier of the Energy of Brand for:        -   the Volkswagen Beetle (new or old-style), the Audi tt, the            Cooper mini, the two-noded SUV itself, or any other brand;            and    -   A multi-noded Limousine Vehicle may be configured as an        Amplifier of the Energy of Brand for:        -   the Volkswagen Beetle (new or old-style), the Audi tt, the            Cooper mini, the multi-noded Limousine itself, or any other            brand; and    -   An arbitrarily-shaped plurally-noded Vehicle may be configured        as an Amplifier of the Energy of Brand for:        -   the Volkswagen Beetle (new or old-style), the Audi tt, the            Cooper mini, the arbitrarily-plurally-noded vehicle itself,            or any other brand.            Concept 2: How Much Branded Shape is Sufficient for            Amplification

In order to Amplify the Branding Energy of any particular brand,

-   -   1. The branded shape of the shaped brand must be sufficiently        echoed or expressed,        -   2. So that a memory of the (branded) shape is echoed,            -   3. So that a memory of the (shaped) brand is evoked.                Concept 3: Acceptable Permutations of Branded Shape                Expression

1. Substantially the identically exact shape of the shaped brand.

2. Substantially the identically exact shape of the shaped brand, exceptthat it has been scaled to a physically smaller size.

3. Substantially the identically exact shape of the shaped brand, exceptthat it has been scaled to a physically larger size.

4. Substantially the approximately similar but not the precisely exactshape of the shaped brand.

5. Substantially arbitrarily shaped but bearing a sufficiently slightresemblance to evoke at least a faint emotive remembrance of the shapedbrand.

Concept 4: Replication vs. Repetition

1. Replication:

-   -   A set of 8 identical twin babies is an example of replication;    -   A set of 8 identical Volkswagen beetles (identical shapes) is an        example of replication.

2. Repetition:

-   -   A set of 8 unrelated but human babies is an example of        repetition;    -   A set of 8 automobiles having curved roofs (similar but not        identical shapes), for example a Beetle, an Audi tt, a Porsche,        etc, is an example of repetition.

3. Replication is stronger than Repetition.

Concept 5: Acceptable Conceptual Permutations of Branded ShapeExpression

1. Shape: Any shape or contour;

-   -   provided Concept 2 is substantially satisfied.

2. Scale: Any scale or sizing;

-   -   provided Concept 2 is substantially satisfied.

3. Spacing: Any node may be physically spaced apart any distance fromany other node;

-   -   provided Concept 2 is substantially satisfied.

4. in Sufficiency: Any insufficiency relative to the set of all pointscomprising the complete shape set:

-   -   Any fragmentation or incompleteness or partial-shape portion;    -   provided Concept 2 is substantially satisfied.        Concept 2 reprinted:        Concept 2: How Much Branded Shape Is Sufficient for        Amplification

In order to Amplify the Branding Energy of any particular brand:

-   -   1. The branded shape of the shaped brand must be sufficiently        echoed or expressed,        -   2. So that a memory of the (branded) shape is echoed,            -   3. So that a memory of the (shaped) brand is evoked.                Concept 6: The Generalized Markush Paradigm as an                Automated Tool for the Automatic Generation of Modified                (Not Replicated) Shape

1. Markush Paradigm:

-   -   a. Altering (modifying) at least one Node Shape Paradigm; and    -   b. Altering (modifying) at least one Node Shape Parameter.

2. The Node Shape Paradigm alteration selected from the group consistingof

-   -   node contour alterations and    -   node scaling alterations and    -   node spacing alterations and    -   node fragmentation alterations.

3. The Node Shape Parameter alteration selected from the groupconsisting of

-   -   sideview median radii alterations and    -   sideview principle radii alterations and    -   sideview median radii included angle alterations and    -   sideview principle radii included angle alterations and    -   sideview median radii scaling coefficient alterations and    -   sideview principle radii scaling coefficient alterations and    -   sideview hump to hump spacing alterations and    -   frontview median radii alterations and    -   frontview principle radii alterations and    -   frontview median radii included angle alterations and    -   frontview principle radii included angle alterations and    -   frontview median radii scaling coefficient alterations and    -   frontview principle radii scaling coefficient alterations and    -   frontview hump to hump spacing alterations and    -   topview median radii alterations and    -   topview principle radii alterations and    -   topview median radii included angle alterations and    -   topview principle radii included angle alterations and    -   topview median radii scaling coefficient alterations and    -   topview principle radii scaling coefficient alterations and    -   topview hump to hump spacing alterations.

4. The alterations performed as desired

-   -   provided Concept 2 is substantially satisfied.        Concept 7: Potential Reasons for Modifying the Branded Shape of        a Shaped Brand

1. Achieve a sizing accommodation.

2. To give the brand a ‘new look’ or a ‘fresh coat of paint’, whilestill retaining branding rights to the branded shape of the shapedbrand.

3. Other potential reasons are easily imaginable.

Concept 8: Explanation of Terms used in the Markush Paradigm above

0. See drawing figures and drawing descriptions FIG. 18 a 1-FIG. 18 i 3.

1. Node Contour: The Shape of the Shaped Brand.

2. Node Scaling: The Size of the Shape of the Shaped Brand.

3. Node Spacing: The Physical Distance of Separation between any two(usually adjacent) Nodes.

4. Node Fragmentations:

-   -   The Degree of Incompleteness attained by a Shaped Node relative        to the complete totality of the Shape of the Shaped Brand.

5. Side View: The View from the Side of the Automobile, the y-z plane;(substantially within the plane-of-travel and substantiallyperpendicular to the direction-of-travel).

6. Front View: The View from the Front of the Automobile, the x-z plane;(substantially within the plane-of-travel and substantially parallel tothe direction-of-travel).

7. Top View: The View from the Top of the Automobile, the x-y plane;(substantially perpendicular to the plane-of-travel).

8. Median Radii: A way to describe the path of an arbitrary shape, whenthe shape Is comprised of many small-radii curves;

-   -   A median curve is first drawn through the arbitrary shapes, and        then the radius of this curve is determined; this radius is the        median radius;    -   More than one median radius is the ‘median radii’.

9. Principle Radii: A way to describe the path of an arbitrary shape,when the shape is comprised of one principle curve and many moresubstantially smaller curves;

-   -   The principle curve is identified, and then the radius of this        curve is determined; this radius is the principle radius;    -   More than one principle radius is the ‘principle radii’.

10. Median Radii Included Angle:

-   -   The angle subtended by the set of shapes, is merely a way to        describe how much of the complete shape is utilized, whether a        substantially complete shape, or only an incomplete and        partial-fragment of the shape.    -   The subtended angle is the included angle.

11. Principle Radii Included Angle:

-   -   The angle subtended by the set of shapes is merely a way to        describe how much of the complete shape is utilized, whether a        substantially complete shape, or only an incomplete and        partial-fragment of the shape.    -   The subtended angle is the included angle.

12. Median Radii Scaling Coefficient:

-   -   Just like the ‘enlargement’ or the ‘reduction’ function on a        Copy Machine.    -   The Included Angle remains constant during the scaling, but the        distance from the vertex of the Included Angle to the scaled        shape changes, becoming either farther away from the vertex        (enlargement), or closer to the vertex (reduction).

13. Principle Radii Scaling Coefficient:

-   -   Just like the ‘enlargement’ or the ‘reduction’ function on a        Copy Machine.    -   The Included Angle remains constant during the scaling, but the        distance from the vertex of the Included Angle to the scaled        shape changes, becoming either farther away from the vertex        (enlargement), or closer to the vertex (reduction).

14. Hump to Hump Spacing:

-   -   The Physical Distance of Separation between any two (usually        adjacent) Nodes-Shapes.        Concept 9: Some Special Cases

0. See drawing figures and drawing descriptions FIG. 18 a 1-FIG. 18 i 3.

1. Split-Left—-Split-Right Hump:

-   -   A singular hump (when viewed from the side), becomes a split        hump (split left & split right), but both humps share a common        centerline.    -   Potentially useful for the storage of gear on the rooftop.    -   For a visual examples:        -   See Topic 17: The SUV as Money Machine; and        -   See Topic 29: Rooftop Storage. 2.            Offset-Split-Left—Offset-Split-Right Hump:    -   A singular hump (when viewed from the side), becomes a split        hump (split left & split right), but both humps do not share a        common centerline, so the left-hump (set) becomes longitudinally        offset relative to the right-hump (set). Potentially useful for        the storage of gear on the rooftop.

Topic 19: General Shapes For Potential Use in Rooftop Nodes DrawingFigures and Drawing Descriptions FIG. 19 a-FIG. 19 d

Concept 1: Shape

1. Curved: Circular, Elliptical, Parabolic, Arbitrary curvature, etc.

2. Substantially Flat At Top of Node; Rectilinear: Square,Parallelepiped, etc.

3. Pointed At Top of Node: Triangular, etc.

4. Any other shape.

Concept 2: Function

1. The shapes described in this or any other section are not mereconvexities or geometrical whimsicalities; the ultimate function of allof the shapes described herein is financial function: making money byamplifying the Energy of Brand.

Topic 20: The Pervasive Principle of Plurality Drawing Figures andDrawing Descriptions FIG. 20 a-FIG. 20 e

Concept 0: State of the Art & The Industry Standard

1. The non-plural, singular-node rooftop is The Industry Standard.

Concept 1: Core-Kernel: The Plurality Principle

1. The nucleus of this patent dissertation is this: Plurality of Node.

Concept 2: Integer-al Plurality

1. Any plural quantity of complete Nodes is claimed (both directly, andindirectly).

2. Thus: 2-nodes, 3-nodes, 4-nodes, 5-nodes, 6-nodes, 7-nodes, 8-nodes,9-nodes, 10-nodes, . . . , 387-nodes, are all claimed.

Concept 3: Fraction-al Plurality

1. Any plural quantity of Fractional Nodes is claimed (both directly,and indirectly).

2. Thus 1 _(—)½-nodes, 3_(—)¼-nodes, . . . , 10_(—)⅔-nodes, . . . , 387_(—)⅘-nodes, are all claimed.

Concept 4: Stipulations

1. Stipulations which modify and modulate the strict universal andabsolute nature of The Plurality Principle will be found within the“Doctrines” Sections which follow.

Concept 5: One-Roof Syndrome

1. In times past, there were “Flat-Earthers”: people who thought thatall the world was flat; they did not realize that the world is round.

2. In times present, there are “One-Roofers”: people who think that allautomobiles have only one roof, they do not yet realize that automobilesshould have more than one roof.

Concept 6: The Antidote For One-Roof Syndrome

1. The Plurality Of Node Principle is hereby presented as the antidoteand the verbal vaccine for the scourge of One-Roof Syndrome.

Concept 7: Multiplied Node. Multiplied Brand. Multiplied Money.

1. Multiplied Node.

2. Multiplied Brand.

3. Multiplied Money.

Topic 21: Plurality As Mood-Maker Drawing Figures and DrawingDescriptions FIG. 21 a-FIG. 21 b

Concept 1: Applicability

1. The following applies to all Plurally-Noded Vehicles, but it appliesespecially to the multi-humped Volkswagen Beetle (Buggus infinitus).

Concept 2: Fun

1. An automobile with, say, 8 roof-humps,

-   -   will look like no other automobile has ever looked;    -   it will generate a jovial and lighthearted and fun-loving        atmosphere.

2. High-School Seniors riding around on Prom Night;

-   -   Newlywed Sweethearts out on Their Night;    -   Grandma celebrating her 98th birthday tooling down The Coastal        Freeway;    -   all these . . . and hundreds of millions more besides.

3. a. Attracting Attention Attractively.

-   -   b. Inducing Endearing Laughter.    -   c. Engendering Enduring Memory.

Topic 22: Node Latin Drawing Figures and Drawing Descriptions FIG. 22a-FIG. 22 e

Concept 1: Volkswagen Beetle

1. Buggus infinitus: many-humped beetle

2. Buggus singularitus: single-humped beetle (the bug we all know andlove)

Concept 2: Audi tt

1. Audius tt: many-humped tt

2. Audius singularitus: single-humped tt (conventional)

Concept 3: Cooper mini

1. Coopernicus infinitus: many-humped Cooper mini

2. Coopernicus singularitus: single-humped Cooper mini (conventional)

Concept 4: Any Arbitrary Shape:

1. Arbitraricus infinitus: many-humped arbitrarily-shaped automobile

2. Arbitraricus singularitus: single-humped arbitrarily-shapedautomobile

Topic 23: Connecting The Dots Drawing Figures and Drawing DescriptionsFIG. 23 a-FIG. 23 c

1. The nodes may be interconnected in any and every conceivable way.

-   -   a. Therefore, line segments, curves, or any other geometrical        configuration may be used.    -   b. Preferably, highly stylized and stylish methods will be used:    -   such as a gently curved or gently radiused upwardly-open        (convex) arc.

2. Please refer to the section entitled “The Node as Beach-Chair” (Topic28) for claimed embodiments which use the intervening-area between twoNodes (preferably curving humplike nodes) as a seating surface.

Topic 24: Saving Money Drawing Figures and Drawing Descriptions FIG. 24a-FIG. 24 d

Concept 1: Standard Tooling

1. Depending on the Sizing-Scale and the Shape desired, the standardtooling used to create the standard Branded Shapes of a Shaped Brand maybe (but not must be) used to form the plural Nodes used in thePlural-Node Embodiments.

Concept 2: Standard Parts

1. Depending on the Sizing-Scale and the Shape desired, the standardparts used to create the standard subsections of the Branded ShapeAutomobile may be (but not must be) used to form the subsections used inthe Plural-Node Embodiments.

2. Therefore, sunroofs and sunroof parts like gaskets, doorframes anddoorframe parts, windowframes and windowframe parts, etc., may be usedas desired.

Topic 25: BEAUTY & TRUTH Drawing Figures and Drawing Descriptions FIG.25 a-FIG. 25 c

Concept 1: The Past as Prologue

1. The following lofty and poetic prosody was penned in centuries longsince past:

-   -   “If eyes were made for seeing,    -   then beauty is its own excuse for being.”

2. In Mathematics,

-   -   equations which are true    -   are often    -   equations which are beautiful,    -   a    -   n    -   d    -   equations which are not beautiful    -   are often    -   equations which are not true.        Concept 2: Timeless Elegance

1. Timeless elegance especially as articulated by

-   -   the principle of plural node-curvature, which itself articulates        and emulates the graceful and timeless sweeping elegance of a        sinusoidal waveform,    -   is a very tangible expression of intangible design magnificence;    -   This is that very same design magnificence which we are seeking        herein.

2. Using the concept of the plural-node in general; and plural-curvaturein specific;

-   -   we desire to create multi-hump beetles which are        -   whimsically fanciful;        -   pleasingly proportioned;        -   functionally useful; and        -   beautiful and desirable in their own right            Concept 3: Emulation

1. There is an emerging trend in product design in which products aredesigned to emulate the physical likenesses of the people who will beusing those products;

-   -   Several magazines have run articles to this affect including, I        believe, Interior Design Magazine & Wired Magazine.

2. Thus, increasingly we see products in the marketplace which havefeatures which resemble and mirror and echo human features such a set ofhuman eyes, human legs, etc;

-   -   This must have been done principally because studies conducted        by advertising firms must have indeed demonstrated that        including such features verv positively impacts sales volume.

3. Because plural-nodes, for example twin Beetlelike curved humps, echohuman features such as eyes, and ears, and etc., we can expect some netincrease in sales volume due only to the affects of theTheorem-Postulate of Advertising cited above.

Concept 4: Marshall McLuhan Rides Again

1. In many of the early issues of Wired magazine, Marshall McLuhan wasoften cited; quoted; immortalized; and idolized;

-   -   He was famous for such concepts as        -   “ . . . the wheel is an extension of the foot.”        -   “ . . . the steering wheel is an extension of the hand . . .            ” etc.

2. In the case of the multi-curved Beetlelike humps, the rooftop humpsbecome a visual-extension of the wheels.

Topic 26: The Node As Mobile-Home Drawing Figures and DrawingDescriptions FIG. 26 a-FIG. 26 b

Concept 1: The Airstream Trailer Legacy

1. When most people, especially people of middle-to-late vintage,

-   -   think of a mobile home (that is a mobile home, not a trailer        park), a bubble surrounding an Airstream Trailer pops into their        head.

2. The Airstream Trailer is not claimed because it fails to satisfyseveral of the Node Doctrine Criteria;

-   -   (Please refer to the Node Doctrines Section); the most important        of these is “The Node Independence” Doctrine.

Concept 2: The Mobile Home As Enlarged Volkswagen Beetle (With PluralHumps)

1. All of the reasons presented, and remaining to be presented, arereasons for the success of a plurally-noded, especially plurally-curvedplurally-noded mobile home.

2. Relative to the mobile home, the most important of these reasons are

-   -   a. vastly amplified interior headroom space (within the curved        hump);    -   b. vastly amplified sunlight flux potential (curved sunroofs        within the curved humps);    -   c. vastly amplified Branding EnergyAmplification;    -   d. due to vastly amplified physical sizing.

3. Claims are presented which detail both

-   -   a. a motonzed mobile home;    -   b. a towable mobile home.        Concept 3: The Horse Trailer As Enlarged Volkswagen Beetle (With        Plural Humps)

1. A horse trailer (or any other trailer) could also be recreated inthis format.

Topic 27: The Cooper Mini Limousine: Coopernicus Infinitus DrawingFigures and Drawing Descriptions FIG. 27 a-FIG. 27 c

Concept 1. Cooper Mini Limousine as Repeating Square Wave

1. The Volkswagen Beetle was Portrayed above as an elegant and beautifulsinusoidal waveform.

2. By extension and by analogy,

-   -   the Cooper Mini may be enpluralized to become an elegant and        beautiful squareusoidal waveform:        -   a repeating square-wave wave-form.

3. The principal reason for the creation of a Cooper mini Limousine isthe Amplification of the Energy of Brand, through the creation of aStandard-Bearer for the brand; the Concept Limousine.

4. Additionally, all of the reasons cited or to be cited,

-   -   may be applied by analogy to the Cooper mini; the most important        of these reasons is The Principle of Plurality as a means to        attract attention.

Topic 28: The Node as Beach Chair Drawing Figures and DrawingDescriptions FIG. 28 a-FIG. 28 u 3

Concept 0: Introduction

a. Solar Power:

-   -   Human Beings are in many ways Solar-Powered Beings.    -   People need sunshine.    -   Sunlight is critical for such things as Vitamin D metabolism;        Serotonin metabolism; and Melatonin metabolism.

b. Elements Of Life: Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, . . . and Chair:

-   -   Archie Bunker had his Lazy-Boy Recliner.    -   The leading man in the musical “Oklahoma” had his front porch        rocker where        -   “every night my honeylamb and I, sit alone and talk, and            watch a hawk making l-a-a-a-z-y circles in the sky”.    -   King Solomon had his kingly throne (Royal chair).    -   The chair Is a crucial and Indispensably part of human life.

c. The Great Outdoors:

-   -   Modern men and modern women spend        -   far too much time Indoors; and        -   far too much time indoors while outdoors (that is, driving            in their cars); and        -   far too little time really outside in genuine fresh air and            genuine sunshine.

d. “On” vs. “In”:

-   -   1. People sit in their car, why can't they sit on their car?    -   2. In the claims:        -   any Node,            -   any Branding Energy Amplifying Node (a Branding Energy                Amplifying Node is defined in Topic 30); or            -   any generic Node (a Node is generically defined in Topic                31);        -   whose exterior surface        -   forms an exterior seating-surface which people potentially            sit on        -   is called an “on type seatforming node”

e. The Complete Seat: Parts of the Chair:

-   -   1. “Thoraxal”: Critical; That portion against which the back        rests.    -   2. “Rumpal”: Critical; That portion upon which the rumpus rests.    -   3. Leg Area: Does not include Rumpal Area; Not Critical;        -   Only a few of the embodiments herein contain a leg portion;        -   If provided, it should be long enough to fully accommodate            the legs.    -   4. Footrest: Not critical;        -   Only a few of the embodiments herein contain a footrest            portion;        -   The foot-rest can also serve as a foot-stop for bracing.    -   5. Headrest: Not critical;        -   Only a few of the embodiments herein contain a headrest            portion.

f. Things To Do While Sitting Outside On A Chair:

-   -   1. Watch a Ball Game; a Parade; or The Fourth of July Fireworks.    -   2. Soak up the Sun; the Sand; and the Surf.    -   3. Enjoy Twinkling Starlight from Stars which Twinkle.    -   4. Do that Homework you have been putting off for so long.

g. Surface Contour & The “RolloffAffect”:

-   -   1. If, either the thoraxal surface or the rumpal surface, is        substantially convex,        -   then a person seated on these surfaces might very well roll            off.    -   2a. If, either the thoraxal surface or the rumpal surface, is        substantially concave,        -   then a person seated on these surfaces will be substantially            more comfortable, and will be substantially less likely to            roll off. Called thoraxal curvature modification, and rumpal            curvature modification in the claims.    -   2b. Therefore, for example,        -   If the thoraxal surface were to be a hatchback,        -   then, the hatchback surface could be made slightly concave,            instead of slightly convex, in order to decrease the Rolloff            affect; and    -   to make the seating surface thus formed substantially more        comfortable. Similar methods may be used for the Rumpal surface.    -   3a. If, either the thoraxal surface or the rumpal surface, is        substantially flat,        -   then a person seated on these surfaces will be substantially            more comfortable, and will be substantially less likely to            roll off.        -   Called thoraxal flatness modification, and rumpal flatness            modification in the claims.    -   3b. Therefore, for example,        -   If the Rumpal surface were to be a front engine hood            surface,        -   then, the hood surface could be made slightly flat, instead            of slightly convex, in order to decrease the Rolloff affect;            and    -   to make the seating surface thus formed substantially more        comfortable. Similar methods may be used for the Thoraxal        surface.    -   4. General Node Contour:        -   In addition to the modifications above, and        -   in addition to the modifications to follow,        -   the node itself may need to be modified:            -   FIG. 28 u 1: shows a sideview node shape modification;            -   FIG. 28 u 2: shows a sideview node sizing modification;            -   FIG. 28 u 3: shows a sideview node spacing modification.

h. Thoraxal Surface Angle of Recline:

-   -   0. Called thoraxal reclining angle modification in the claims.    -   1. No Recline:        -   Thoraxal surface substantially vertical;        -   Not very comfortable.    -   2. Partial Recline:        -   Thoraxal Surface sloped gently backward;        -   Comfortable;        -   Probably the best configuration.    -   3. Full or Almost Full Recline:        -   Thoraxal Surface radically raked backward;        -   Probably not very practical.

i. Rumpal Portion Slope of Recline:

-   -   0. called rumpal slope modification in the claims.    -   1. No slope:        -   Rumpal Surface substantially horizontal;        -   Not very comfortable.    -   2. Slight slope:        -   Rumpal Surface slightly sloped backward;        -   Comfortable;        -   Probably the best configuration.    -   3. Radical Slope:        -   Rumpal Surface Radically Sloped;        -   Similar to the Classic LL Bean Northeastern Wooden Lawn            Chair.

j. Node Shape relative to Branded Shape

-   -   1. Any shape: Curved, Flat, etc.    -   2. Any Brand: Volkswagen Beetle, Audi tt, Cooper mini, etc.    -   k. An integrally-formed seating surface itself implicitly        attracts aftention.        Concept 1: The Roof as Recliner—Embodiment 1

The discussion that follows, applies to any two adjacent rooftop nodes;But applies especially to Beetlelike curved rooftop humps.

For centuries, people have traveled across endless terrain on the backsof humped camels;

-   -   perched atop and between the twin exterior camel-humps.

If those same humps were:

-   -   scaled larger In size (radius), and    -   spaced farther apart, then . . .    -   the camel-proportions would approach    -   the proportions of the twin-hump SUV described herein!        Please refer to the “Node as Beach Chair” Drawings Section, for        an illustration of people relaxedly reclining on the roof        between the twin-humps of their twin-humped SUV, watching Fourth        of July Fireworks at the State Fair (!).        Concept 2: Hatchback Half-Recline—Embodiments 2a, 2 b, and 2 c

The discussion that follows applies to any rear hatchback surface;

-   -   But applies especially to the Beetle hatchback surface.

Even as the roof can become a full-recliner, so also can the hatchbackof the Volkswagen Beetle, become a haff-recliner.

With only a few minor modifications,

-   -   modifications which will in no way diminish the safety of the        automobile, the rear-hatchbackof the Volkswagen “bug” can become        . . .        -   the loveseat for the ‘luv-bug’ of the next generation.

When the Beetle Hatchback surface is appropriately modified for seating,

-   -   the singular hump will become a singular hump plus a fraction of        a hump; and therefore    -   is claimable with appropriate claimage;    -   and is claimed with appropriate claimage.

Please refer to the “Node as Beach Chair” Drawings Section, for anillustration of people relaxedlyreclining on the hatchback surface oftheir modified Volkswagen Beetle watching Fourth of July Fireworks atthe State Fair (!).

Note: The hatchback “latch” should be relocated to a new position; aposition away from the Thoraxal Zone (the Human Back).

Note: A padded seat-cushion overlay, stowable within the vehicle, may beadditionally optionally provided to increase reclining comfort.

Concept 2 a: Embodiment 2a

-   -   Hatchback forms Thoraxal Surface And    -   Bumper Extension forms Rumpal Surface.

If the bumper surface is extended to form the Rumpal portion of theseat, then there are substantially two possibilities:

-   -   Possibility 1: The Bumper surface is continuous across the        width;        -   This is one of the two best solutions.    -   Possibility 2: A portion of the Bumper surface is ‘relieved’ or        cut-away to accommodate hatchback closure;

Possibility 2:

-   -   Not a very desirable solution, because cutting-away a portion of        the bumper is very likely to affect the bumper-function of the        bumper.    -   A replaceable bumper-insert could be provided, but again, this        is a sub-optimal solution.        Concept 2b: Embodiment 2b    -   Hatchback forms Thoraxal Surface And Both Bumper Extension and        Hatchback Extension Form Rumpal Surface; (Hatchback Extension        Overlays Bumper Extension).

This embodiment potentially provides for unimpeded hatchback closure;

-   -   And does not materially affect hatchback function, or bumper        function;    -   And provides a painted (and smooth and clean) seating surface        (rather than a potentially greasy elastomeric bumper surface);    -   This is one of the two best solutions.        Concept 2c: Embodiment 2c    -   Hatchback forms both Thoraxal Surface And Rumpal Surface; No        Bumper.

Not a viable solution because a bumper is not included; yet a bumper isrequired.

Alternatively, the hatchback surface could provide both

-   -   the Thoraxal Surface and the Rumpal Surface if the hatchback        extension were raised above the bumper; in that way, bumper        function would not be materially affected; however, if the        hatchback extension touches or is supported by the bumper, then        Embodiment 2c becomes in affect Embodiment 2b.        Concept 3: Arbitrarily-Shaped-Node Seat-Formation On-Type        Seat-Forming Nodes        A. Seat-Forming-Node Elements:        1. Passenger Compartment Node: the Node formed by any part of        the passenger compartment.    -   Thus, the Node        -   formed by the Roof (Passenger Compartment);        -   and-or the Front Windshield (Passenger Compartment);        -   and-or the Rear Windshield (Passenger Compartment);        -   and-or the Front Hatchback surface (Passenger Compartment);        -   and-or the Rear Hatchback surface (Passenger Compartment);        -   and-or the rear-part of the cab of a pick-up truck (Pssngr            Cmptmt); is a Passenger Compartment Node.

2. Energy-Absorbing Bumper Node:

-   -   the Node formed by a Bumper ‘compartment’.

3. Trunk Compartment Node:

-   -   the Node formed by the trunk compartment.

4. Engine Compartment Node:

-   -   the Node formed by the Engine Compartment.

5. Truck Bed Compartment Node:

-   -   the Node formed by the truck bed ‘compartment’.

6. Tailgate Node:

-   -   the Node integrally formed by the tailgate ‘compartment’.    -   Note: There exist several patents relating to the tailgate used        as a storage compartment for gear (such as ramp-storage,        tool-storage, etc).    -   Note: I have seen several seats which attach to the tailgate;        but I have not seen any which use the tailgate as an        Integrally-formed seat.        7. Tool Compartment Node:    -   the Node integrally formed by an accessory tool-storage box        (compartment) located within a truck bed compartment.    -   Note:        -   As a means for claiming merely a tool-box modified as            described above, only the tool-box itself will be directly            claimed; the bed of the pick-up truck will be claimed            inferentially.

B. Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiments:

Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 1:

Thoraxal Portion Passenger Compartment Node

Rumpal Portion Passenger Compartment Node

-   -   a. This is a restatement of Embodiment 1 above.    -   b. Two adjacent roofforming-nodes, such as Cooper-mini style        substantially flat-topped roof-nodes, for example, is yet        another possible embodiment which is classified here.    -   c. This is a restatement of Embodiment 2c above.    -   d. This could be considered a restatement of one of the        implementations of Embodiment 2b above.        Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 2:

Thoraxal Portion Passenger Compartment Node

Rumpal Portion Energy-Absorbing Bumper Node

a. This is a restatement of embodiment 2a above.

b. Some potential embodiments classified here include:

-   -   1. The rear of a cargo-van (thoraxal) & the rear bumper        (rumpal).    -   2. The rear of an SUV (thoraxal) & the rear bumper (rumpal).    -   3. The rear of a station-wagon (thoraxal) & the rear bumper        (rumpal).

c. This could be considered a restatement of one of the implementationsof Embodiment 2b above.

Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 3:

-   -   Thoraxal Portion Passenger Compartment Node    -   Rumpal Portion Both Passenger Compartment Node And        Energy-Absorbing Bumper Node

a. This is a restatement of embodiment 2b above.

Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 4:

Thoraxal Portion Passenger Compartment Node

Rumpal Portion Trunk Compartment Node

-   -   a. Some potential embodiments classified here include:        -   1. The rear windshield of a sedan (thoraxal) & the trunk            (rumpal).            Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 5:

Thoraxal Portion Passenger Compartment Node

Rumpal Portion Engine Compartment Node

-   -   a. Some potential embodiments classified here include:

1. The front windshield of a sedan (thoraxal) & the engine compartment(rumpal).

2. The front windshield of a station-wagon (thoraxal) & the enginecompartment (rumpal).

3. The front windshield of a pick-up truck (thoraxal) & the enginecompartment (rumpal).

4. The front windshield of an SUV (thoraxal) & the engine compartment(rumpal).

5. The front windshield of a van (thoraxal) & the engine compartment(rumpal).

Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 6:

Thoraxal Portion Passenger Compartment Node

Rumpal Portion Truck Bed Compartment Node

-   -   a. The rear portion of a pick-up truck cab (thoraxal) & the bed        of the pick-up.        Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 7.

Thoraxal Portion Tool Compartment Node

Rumpal Portion Truck Bed Compartment Node

-   -   a. The rear portion of a drop-in tool-box for a pick-up truck        (thoraxal) & the bed of the pick-up; located at the front of the        truck bed.    -   b. The front portion of a drop-in tool-box for a pick-up truck        (thoraxal) & the bed of the pick-up; located at the rear of the        truck bed.        Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 8:

Thoraxal Portion Tailgate Node

Rumpal Portion Energy-Absorbing Bumper Node

-   -   a. The outside portion of the tail-gate of a pick-up truck        (thoraxal) & the rear bumper.        Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 9:

Thoraxal Portion Tailgate Node

Rumpal Portion Truck Bed Compartment Node

a. The inside portion of the tail-gate of a pick-up truck (thoraxal) &the bed of the pick-up.

Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 10:

Thoraxal Portion Trunk Compartment Node

Rumpal Portion Energy-Absorbing Bumper Node

a. The trunk compartment of a sedan (thoraxal) & the rear bumper.

Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 11:

Thoraxal Portion Engine Compartment Node

Rumpal Portion Energy-Absorbing Bumper Node

-   -   a. Some potential embodiments classified here include:        -   1. The engine compartment of a sedan (thoraxal) & the bumper            (rumpal).        -   2. The engine compartment of a station-wagon (thoraxal) &            the front bumper (rumpal).        -   3. The engine compartment of a pick-up truck (thoraxal) &            the front bumper (rumpal).        -   4. The engine compartment of an SUV (thoraxal) & the front            bumper (rumpal).        -   5. The engine compartment of a van (thoraxal) & the front            bumper (rumpal).

Topic 29: Rooftop Storage Drawing Figures and Drawing Descriptions FIG.29 a 1-FIG. 29 d

Concept 0: Roof Modification—Rooftop Storage

Very often it is necessary to transport very large and bulky items suchas bicycles, and canoes, and Yugos, and the like; This is especiallytrue with Sports Utility Vehicles.

Below some methods are presented for adapting rooftop nodes (especiallyhumped rooftop nodes) for accommodating rooftop storage racks;

-   -   This is by no means an exhaustive list—other methods are easily        imaginable.        Concept 1: Roof Modification-Vertically Stacked Storage Racks

FIG. 29 a 1 Shows vertically stacked storage racks, vertically stackedon the z-axis (the vertical axis).

FIG. 29 a 2 Shows one rack mounted on each node, with one bicycle storedon each rack.

FIG. 29 a 3 Shows one rack mounted on each node, with one bicycle storedon each set of two racks.

Concept 2: Roof Modification—Laterally Stacked Storage Racks

FIG. 29 b Shows a laterally stacked storage racks,

-   -   laterally stacked on the x-axis (the lateral axis).    -   The major-axis of each rack is aligned with the y-axis (the        longitudinal axis).        Concept 3 Roof Modification-Longitudinally Stacked Storage Racks

FIG. 29 c 1 Shows Longitudinally stacked storage racks,

-   -   longitudinally stacked on the y-axis (the longitudinal axis).    -   The major-axis of each rack is aligned with the x-axis (the        lateral axis).    -   They may be mounted on the rooftop nodes, or between the rooftop        nodes, in the center of the vehicle.

FIG. 29 c 2 Shows both

-   -   laterally stacked and longitudinally stacked storage racks.    -   The major-axis of each rack is aligned with the y-axis (the        longitudinal axis).        Concept 4 Roof Modification—Longitudinal Center-Trench Storage        Rack

FIG. 29 d Shows a singularcenter-positioned longitudinal rooftop trench,

-   -   in which a rack may be mounted longitudinally between the two        front nodes and the two rear nodes.    -   Plural racks also may be mounted within this trench.

Topic 30: Branding Energy Amplification Doctrine Drawing Figures andDrawing Descriptions FIG. 30

To substantially satisfy the totality of the Branding EnergyAmplification Doctrine for Branding Energy Nodes,

Each Node considered to be a Branding Energy Node (BE Node), on a BEAvehicle, Must substantially satisfy the criteria set forth within eachand every Branding Energy Element

Topic 31: Branding Energy Element 1: Node Protuberance Drawing Figuresand Drawing Descriptions FIG. 31 a-FIG. 31 c

0. To substantially satisfy the criteria for BE Element 1, the BE Nodemust substantially be a Protuberance, a Hump, or a Bump.

1. By Dictionary Definition, a node is defined in part as “aprotuberance”.

2. By Dictionary Definition, a protuberance is defined in part as “aswelling or bulging out”, and as “a hump, a bump”.

3. See Topic 28 (“The Node as Beach Chair”) for some unconventional BENode examples.

4. A Node which is not specifically designated as a BE Node is a genericNode.

5. A generic Node is merely a Protuberance, a Hump, or a Bump.

6. A Rooftop Node or Roofforming Node is a BE Node which forms a rooftopfor a BEA vehicle; See Topic 35: “Human Accommodation”.

7. A Seafforming Node is a BE Node which forms an exterior seatingsurface for a BEA vehicle; See Topic 35: “Human Accommodation”.

Topic 32: Branding Energy Element 2: Node Independence Drawing Figuresand Drawing Descriptions FIG. 32 a-FIG. 32 p 4

0. To substantially satisfy the criteria for BE Element 2,

-   -   the BE Node must substantially be an Independent Node;    -   An Independent Node is a Node that substantially satisfies the        criteria for the NonCoincidence Subdoctrine.

00. To substantially satisfy the criteria for the NonCoincidenceSubdoctrine,

-   -   within the zone of adjacency,        -   the PlumbPlumb Connector must substantially be in            NonCoincidence with        -   the BoundaryBoundary Connector.

000. The PlumbPlumb Connector and the BoundaryBoundary Connector aresubstantially in NonCoincidence when and if they Intersect in one andonly one point; or when they never intersect

A. DEFINITIONS

1. Line of Sight:

-   -   Within this section, the Nodes are usually viewed relative to a        Line of Sight which is substantially perpendicular to the        direction of travel, and substantially within a plane which is        substantially parallel to the plane of travel.        -   That is, they are usually viewed in the side view (the y-z            plane).        -   Embodiments are specified in which the Nodes are also formed            relative to the front view, and relative to the top view;    -   and may be formed relative to any combination of the three        views.

2. Profile:

-   -   the view of an object along the line of sight, especially (but        not exclusively) the side view.

3. Trace:

-   -   A set of points which comprise the profile shape of an        automobile.

4. Locus:

-   -   A set of points.

5. Node Locus:

-   -   The set of points which comprise a Node.

6. Zone Of Adjacency:

-   -   An intervening area between a first Node Locus, and a        substantially adjacent second Node Locus.

7. Zone of Adjacency Locus:

-   -   A set of points which form a portion of the profile trace of an        automobile, located between a first Node locus, and a        substantially adjacent second Node Locus;    -   but which does not include any points pertaining to either the        first Node Locus, or the second Node Locus.

8. First Node Locus:

-   -   The set of points which form the first Node.

9. Second Node Locus:

-   -   The set of points which form the second Node.

10. First Node Locus Extension:

-   -   The set of points    -   excluding the first Node Locus, that would be formed within the        Zone Of Adjacency,    -   if the first Node Locus were to be extended substantially along        the path defined by the first Node Locus, but beyond the        endpoint of the first Node Locus.

11. Second Node Locus Extension:

-   -   The set of points excluding the second Node Locus, that would be        formed within the Zone Of Adjacency,    -   if the second Node Locus were to be extended substantially along        the path defined by the second Node Locus, but beyond the        endpoint of the second Node Locus.

12. Plumb:

-   -   Uppermost-Point Standard (common definition):    -   In most cases the uppermost point of a given Node Locus.

Straight-Bar Standard (rigorous definition):

-   -   The Plumb for a given Node Locus is that point where a straight        bar first touches the Node Locus when the straight bar is        lowered from above, and layed upon each of two substantially        adjacent Node Locii.

FIG. 32 p 3 and FIG. 32 p 4:

-   -   Here is a special case where the Plumb points are not the        uppermost points;    -   Node 1: The uppermost point is point 32 p 3-c, but the actual        Plumb point is point 32 p 3-a.    -   Node 2: The uppermost point is point 32 p 3-d, but the actual        Plumb point is point 32 p 3-b.    -   The difference, however, is only academic since, even if the        Plumb points were taken as the uppermost points, the PlumbPlumb        Connector would only intersect the BoundaryBoundary Connector at        one point (point 32 p 3-c), and by definition would still remain        substantially in NonCoincidence;        -   And would therefore still remain Independent.

13. PlumbPlumb Connector:

-   -   A line segment connecting a first Node Plumb, and a        substantially adjacent second Node Plumb.

14. Boundary:

-   -   That point, within the Zone Of Adjacency, where the following        three locii intersect:        -   the Zone Of Adjacency Locus, and a given Node Locus, and a            given Node Locus Extension.

15. BoundaryBoundary Connector:

-   -   A line segment connecting a first Node Boundary, and a        substantially adjacent second Node Boundary.

16. Special Case: Vertical Discontinuity:

-   -   In the event of a vertical discontinuity, the boundary point Is        taken as the point along the discontinuity, which Is closest to        the Zone of Adjacency Locus.    -   This special case definition preserves both the spirit of the        NonCoincidence Subdoctrine and the spirit of the Criteria for        the Node Independence Element.    -   FIG. 32 o shows just such a case:    -   <32 o-p 1>: The first Node Plumb point.    -   <32 o-b 1>: The first Node Boundary point is taken as the point        along the discontinuity which is closest to the Zone of        Adjacency Locus, therefore, the Boundary becomes point 32 o-b 1.        -   The PlumbPlumb Connector and the BoundaryBoundary Connector            are in NonCoincidence.    -   <32 o-p 1> & <32 o-p 2>: This symmetric situation is        symmetrically similar.

17. Special Case: Two Nodes having unequal radii, or unequalradii-center-point vertical-axis location:

-   -   In other words, a straight-bar laid across the tops of both        Nodes, is not substantially horizontal.    -   See item 12, the definition of Plumb, for analysis.        B. Discussion

-   1. Further discussion will be found within the NonCoincidence    Drawings Section.

-   2. The NonCoincidence Subdoctrine implicitly defines the allowable    spacing between any two substantially adjacent BE Nodes:    -   If two Nodes are too close, they will merge and become, in        affect, one Node.

FIG. 32 a:

-   -   <32 a-p>: The first Node Plumb and the second Node Plumb are the        same point, therefore the two Nodes have merged into one Node.        The Nodes are too close.

-   3. The NonCoincidence Subdoctrine implicitly defines the allowable    incompleteness or fragmentation of any BE Node:    -   if a Node is too incomplete, the Plumb point and the Boundary        point will be substantially the same point FOR BOTH NODES, and        therefore, the PlumbPlumb Connector and the BoundaryBoundary        Connector, will be Coincidental, and therefore, not        substantially in NonCoincidence. The Nodes are too incomplete.

FIG. 32 n:

-   -   The Airstream mobile-home trailer is a perfect example of this:    -   <32 n-a>: The Plumb point and the boundary point are the same        point, (First Node);    -   <32 n-b>: The Plumb point and the boundary point are the same        point, (Second Node);    -   The PlumbPlumb Connector and The BoundaryBoundary Connector are        therefore the same line-segment.    -   The two connectors are not in NonCoincidence.

-   4. To Review, any two substantially adjacent BE Nodes of a BEA    vehicle may have any degree of Spacing, and any degree of    incompleteness, and any shape, and any scaling (size), provided that    they are substantially in NonCoincidence.

Topic 33: Branding Energy Element 3: Node Plurification Drawing Figuresand Drawing Descriptions FIG. 33 a-FIG. 33 h

-   0. To substantially satisfy the criteria for BE Element 3, a    Plurality of BE Nodes must be enformed upon the vehicle bearing the    BE nodes.-   1. Plurality is the ‘Heart and Soul’ of this invention.-   2. Plurality of Node is the principal reason that BE vehicles    attract attention.-   3. Attracting Attention is the principal rule of the Art and Science    of Advertising.-   4. Plurality means More-Than-One.-   5. More-Than-One means: 1 & ¼, 2 & ½, 12, 328 & ⅔.-   6. Not every Node on a BEA vehicle must be a BEA-Node.

Topic 34: Branding Energy Element 4: Human Conveyance Drawing Figuresand Drawing Descriptions FIG. 34

-   0. To substantially satisfy the criteria for BE Element 4,    -   The vehicle bearing the BE Nodes, must be able to obtain        applicable certification from all applicable Goveming        Authorities;        -   and must be designed, engineered, and manufactured for the            express purpose of the transportation of Human Passengers,            without special permit, at least upon all publicly-traveled            non-freeway road-systems; and preferably upon all            publicly-traveled freeways.

A valuable function of Government is to establish criteria regardingboth the roadworthiness, and the safety (under crash-test-conditions),relative to vehicles intended primarily for the conveyance of humanpassengers, under human-passenger-class operational-constraints.

-   1. The purpose of this patent Is    -   a. To obtain protection for a vehicle which will        vehicularly-convey human-beings from place to place, while        serving as a marketing-tool    -   b. And to obtain protection for a vehicle which will serve as a        marketing-tool, while vehicularly-conveying human-beings from        place to place.-   2. The purpose of this patent is not to obtain protection for a    whimsical parade-float, forged by some inter-galactic cosmosian    collision in a universe f-a-a-a-a-r away, fusing Rube-Goldberg-like    matter, with Buckminster-Fuller-type anti-matter . . .-   3. The famous ‘Oscar-Meyer-Weiner’ Float, would fail to meet    certification requirements from applicable Goveming Authorities;    -   it would also fail to satisfy the criteria for other BE        Elements.

Topic 35: Branding Energy Element 5: Human Accommodation Drawing Figuresand Drawing Descriptions FIG. 35 a-FIG. 35 b

-   0. To substantially satisfy the criteria for BE Element 5, the BE    Node must substantially be reasonably capable of accommodating or    potentially-accommodating human-beings.-   1. Accommodating orpotentially-accommodating means:    -   a. Satisfying either b, or c, or both b and c;        -   where both b, and c are defined below.    -   b. “In-type” Node:        -   Accommodating or potentially-accommodating Human-Beings who            are or potentially will be substantially enclosed in a BE            Node.    -   c. “On-type” Node:        -   Accommodating or potentially-accommodating Human-Beings who            are or potentially will be substantially resting on a BE            Node.-   2. Reasonably capable of accommodating or potentially accommodating    means:    -   Substantially designed, engineered, and manufactured for the        express purpose of the accommodation or potential accommodation        of Human Beings who are or potentially will be . . .    -   Therefore, a curved-hump on some curvingly-racy Italian        sports-car, could be considered to be an “on-type” Node for        potential “on-type” accommodation;    -   in reality, it has neither been designed, nor engineered, nor        manufactured for the express purpose of “accommodating or        potentially accommodating human-beings”.-   3. Resting means:    -   Substantially resting, sitting, lounging, reclining, partially        reclining, etc.-   4. Although Nodes and humps could be used to accommodate mechanical    systems, such function is merely ancillary to the primary functions    stated above.

Topic 36: Branding Energy Element 6: Branding Energy AmplificationDrawing Figures and Drawing Descriptions FIG. 36 a 1-FIG. 36 b 2

-   0. To substantially satisfy the criteria for BE Element 6, the BE    Node must Amplify the Energy of Brand.-   1. Amplify the Energy of Brand means:    -   Satisfying either a, or b, or c, or d, or e, or f, or any        combination thereof;    -   where a, and b, and c, and d, and e, and f, are defined below    -   a. Attract attention to the BE vehicle itself by the formation        of plural BE Nodes.    -   b. Attract attention to the BE vehicle itself by the formation        of at least one integrally-formed exterior seating surface, and        by the formation of plural BE Nodes.-   c. Attract attention to an architecturally-associated brand;    -   through the formation of architecturally-associated plural BE        Nodes;-   d. Attract attention to an architecturally-associated brand by the    formation of at least one integrally-formed exterior seating    surface, and by the formation of architecturally-associated plural    BE Nodes;-   e. Attract attention to the BE vehicle itself by the formation of at    least one integrally-formed exterior seating surface.-   f. Attract attention to an associated-brand by the formation of at    least one integrally-formed exterior seating surface.-   2a. Plural BE Nodes themselves, implicitly attract attention.-   2b. The BE vehicle which bears the plural BE Nodes itself,    implicitly comprises a brand.-   2c. Plural BE Nodes are defined in BE Element 3 above.-   3a. Nodes are architecturally-associated by echoingly-expressing, in    the Node shape, that shape which is sufficiently similarto the shape    of an associated brand, so as to evoke at least some memory of the    associated brand.-   3b. Plural architecturally-associated BE Nodes themselves,    implicitly attract attention.-   3c. The BE vehicle which bears the plural architecturally-associated    BE Nodes itself, implicitly comprises a brand.-   4a. An integrally-formed seating surface itself, implicitly attracts    attention.-   4b. The BE vehicle which bears the integrally-formed seating surface    itself, implicitly comprises a brand.-   4c. Integrally-formed means implicitly-formedby the exterior-surface    of the BE Node;    -   that is by the exterior surface of the vehicle or the exterior        surface of a BE node;    -   not, for example, by a chair bolted to the exterior surface of a        vehicle;    -   or by classic-style side-positioned running-boards.-   4e. Integrally-formed and lmplicitly-formed also means:    -   specifically formed to be a resting-surface or potential resting        surface for (at least one) human being:        -   “ . . . specifically designed and specifically engineered            and specifically manufactured to be specifically a resting            specific surface specifically for human beings            specifically.”-   5. Attracting Attention and Evoking Memory are the Primary Tools    employed in the Art and Science of the Discipline of Advertising.

PART THREE: DRAWING DESCRIPTIONS Drawing Figure Primary NumbersCorrespond to Topic Numbers Drawing Figures are indicated by BoldNumbers Drawing Figure Reference Numerals are indicated byarrow-brackets Example: Reference Numeral 27-KAR. LE is indicatedas<27-KAR.LE.>

1. Not claimed idealized representation of the standard VolkswagenBeetle (VB).

2. Not claimed idealized representation of the Hummer Limousine.

3. Claimed VB Branding Energy Amplifier (BEA).

4. Not claimed idealized representation of the standard flat-roofedLimousine.

5. Attracting Attention Attractively: Marilyn Monroe times 88.

6. Camelus dromedarius (Camel with one hump): not easy to ride;

-   -   Camelus bactrianus (Camel with two humps): easy to ride.

7. New Automotive Species:

-   -   In this case one plus one is greater than two.

8 a. Singular autonomous maternal beetlelike hump (Buggus singularitus);

-   -   Mother-cell visible;    -   The daughter-cell is not yet visible;        -   Initial Independence        -   Conception

8 b. Buggus singularitus beginning the process of undergoing automotivecell-division; both the mother-cell and the daughter-cell are visible.

-   -   Differentiation (Cell Division)

8 c. Buggus singularitus undergoing automotive cell-division;

-   -   both the mother-cell and the daughter-cell are visible.        Differentiation (Cell Division) Continues

8 d. Completing Differentiation:

-   -   Cloned Buggus singularitus attaining full autonomy and        independence from the mother-cell maternal Buggus singularitus        curvature-cell;    -   Both the mother-cell (Buggus singularitus), and the        daughter-cell (cloned Buggus singularitus) are completely        formed, and autonomous, and independent. Completing        Differentiation

8 e. Completed Differentiation:

-   -   Completed Differentiation

8 f. Integration: The two curves are joined together in interdependence;in a manner that preserves their independence; and prevents theobscuration of their individuality; and in keeping with BE Node Doctrine2: the Independence Doctrine; and looks good doing so in the process;

-   -   Integration

8 g. Cellular Integration continues.

-   -   Integration Continues

8 h. Cellular Integration continues.

-   -   Integration Continues

8 l. Cellular Integration continues.

-   -   Integration Continues

8 j. Cellular Integration continues.

-   -   Integration Continues

8 k. Cellular Integration continues.

-   -   Integration Continues

8L. Cellular Integration continues.

-   -   Integration Continues

8 m. Cellular Integration complete.

-   -   Completed Integration

9 a 1. Resolution equal to one dot per unit area.

9 a 2. Resolution equal to four dots per unit area.

9 b 1. Resolution equal to one roof per unit automotive-length.

9 b 2. Resolution equal to two roofs per unit automotive-length;

-   -   curved humps also attract attention more effectively than        standard rectilinear shapes.

9 c 1. Resolution equal to one roof per unit automotive-length;

-   -   standard Limousine.

9 c 2. Resolution equal to six roofs per unit automotive-length; VB BEALimousine;

-   -   curved humps also attract attention more effectively than        standard rectilinear shapes.

9 d 1. Ceiling Height equal to h<9 d 1-h>.

9 d 2. A curved roof allows a higher ceiling-height because a high flatceiling in an automotive-context feels ergonomically cavernous;

-   -   a high curved ceiling in an automotive-context feels        ergonomically spacious.

9 d 3. A high flat ceiling in an automotive-context feels ergonomicallycavernous.

9 d 4. A high curved ceiling in an automotive-context feelsergonomically spacious.

10. Evoked memory.

11 a. Industry Standard flat sunroof; less transmitted light per unitsunroof length.

11 b. Curved sunroof; more transmitted light per unit sunroof length;

-   -   because the curved quasi-prismatic lens offers more surface        area, and because of the quasi-lens affect of the curved        sunroof; also, the plural roofs mean plural sunroofs; and the        plural sunroofs mean plural sunlight.

12. <12-a> acoustic-energy in a non-parabolic area is rejected (bandstopfilter);

-   -   <12-b> acoustic-energy adjacent to a parabolic area is rejected        (bandstop filter);    -   <12-c> acoustic-energy within a parabolic area and at the        quasi-focus is enhanced (bandpass filter and amplifier);    -   <12-d> acoustic-energy within a parabolic area, but not at the        quasi-focus is enhanced (bandpass filter and amplifier).

13 a. Spatial volume:

-   -   A high flat ceiling in an automotive-context feels ergonomically        cavernous and hollow.

13 b. Spatial volume:

-   -   A high curved ceiling in an automotive-context feels        ergonomically spacious.

14 a. Privacy and Tranquility:

-   -   A Booth surrounds and secludes diners in privacy and        tranquility;    -   <14 a-p 1>: person 1; <14 a-p 2 1>: person 2; <14 a-t>: table;        <14 a-b>: booth;    -   A surroundingly-curved Beetlelike hump functions like a        surroundingly-private booth.

14 b. A table in a restaurant is unsecluded and unsurrounded;

-   -   instead ‘surrounded’ by other diners, or Isolated by open space;    -   <14 b-p 1>: person 1; <14 b-p 2 1>: person 2; <14 b-t>: table.

14 c. A serving counter in a restaurant unsecluded and unsurrounded;

-   -   instead, ‘surrounded’ by other diners or isolated by open space;    -   <14 c-p 1>: person 1; <14 c-p 2 1>: person 2; <14 c-t>: table.

15 a. Twelve parameters added together.

15 b. Twelve parameters multiplied together (Four×Three).

15 c. Twelve parameters added together equal twelve parametersmultiplied together;

-   -   Multiplication is defined as repeated addition.

16 a. Length is mathematically determinable (given some appropriateassumptions);

-   -   conventional (non-Noded) automobiles are infinitely variable        (non-determinable);    -   <16 a-f>: front-end projection; <16 a-h>: hump length; <16 a-s>:        hump-to-hump spacing;    -   <16 a-r>: rear-end projection; <16 a-n 1>: Node 1; <16 a-n 2>:        Node 2; <16a-n 3>: Node 3.

17 a. Claimed 2-hump VB BEA Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).

17 aa. Claimed 2-hump VB BEA Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).

17 b. Claimed 2-hump VB BEA Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).

17 c. Claimed 2-hump VB BEA Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).

17 d. Claimed 2-hump (or 4-hump) VB BEA Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).

17 e. Claimed 2-hump VB BEA Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).

17 f. Claimed 2-hump VB BEA Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).

17 g. Claimed 2-hump VB BEA Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).

17 h. Claimed 2-hump VB BEA Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).

17 l. Claimed 2-hump VB BEA Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).

17 j. Claimed 2-hump VB BEA Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).

17 k. Claimed 2-hump (or 3-hump) VB BEA Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).

17L. Claimed 2-hump (or 3-hump) VB BEA Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV):

-   -   VB BEA SUV as animal.

17 m. Claimed 2-hump VB BEA Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV):

-   -   VB BEA SUV as kitten.

17 n. Claimed 2-hump VB BEA Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV):

-   -   VB BEA SUV as luv-bug;    -   The center crease <17n-h> represents the center crease of a        heart;    -   Other depictions show more voluptuously-shaped heart-halves        (end-hump curves);    -   Of course, these could be used as well.

17 n. Claimed 2-hump VB BEA Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV):

-   -   BEA as Brand-X SUV.

17 p. Claimed 2-hump VB BEA Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).

17 q. Claimed tubelike VB BEA SUV rooftop humps;

-   -   Tubelike rooftop humps give the vehicle an affitude.

17 r. Reserved for future use.

(17 s) claimed Two-Hump Suv with humps that are formed such they arevisible from the ends; (any number of humps; any type of vehicle).

-   -   Side-view, and Front-view, and Top-view humps claimed indirectly        in all claims;    -   Side-view, and Front-view, and Top-view humps called out        specifically in the main Markush-claim (claim 411), where all        three Views are specified.    -   FIG. 17 s 1: Front view    -   FIG. 17 s 2: Side view

(17 t) claimed Two-Hump Suv with humps that are formed such they arevisible from the ends; (any number of humps; any type of vehicle).

-   -   Side-view, and Front-view, and Top-view humps claimed indirectly        in all claims;    -   Side-view, and Front-view, and Top-view humps called out        specifically in the main Markush-claim (claim 411), where all        three Views are specified.    -   FIG. 17 t 1: Front view    -   FIG. 17 t 2: Side view

18 a 1. Arbitrary branded shape standard.

18 a 2. Cloned shape is Identical to standard.

18 a 3. Cloned shape is identical to standard except scaled to a smallersize.

18 a 4. Cloned shape is identical to standard except scaled to a largersize.

18 a 5. Cloned shape and standard are approximately similar.

18 a 6. Cloned shape is arbitrarily-shaped but bears a sufficientlyslight resemblance, to evoke at least a faint emotive remembrance of thestandard.

18 b 1. Arbitrary branded shape standard.

18 b 2. Any shape may be used; even square and other rectilinear shapes;

-   -   (Markush claim 411: Node Contour Alteration);    -   (Markush claim 418: Sideview Node Shape Modification).

18 b 3. Arbitrary branded shape standard.

18 b 4. Any scale (sizing) may be used

-   -   (Markush claim 411: Node Scaling Alteration);    -   (Markush claim 418: Sideview Node Sizing Modification).

18 b 5. Arbitrary branded shape standard.

18 b 6. Any spacing may be used

-   -   (Markush claim 411: Node Spacing Alteration);    -   (Markush claim 418: Sideview Node Spacing Modification).

18 b 7. Arbitrary branded shape standard.

18 b 8. Any partial-portion may be used

-   -   (Markush claim 411: Node Fragmentation Alteration).

18 c 1. <18 c 1-r>: Markush claim 411: Sideview Median Radii.

-   -   <1 8 c 1-ia>: Markush claim 411: Sideview Median Radii Included        Angle.

18 c 2. Markush claim 411: Sideview Median Radii Scaling Coefficient;

-   -   (here 0.75 scaling coefficient).

18 d 1. <18 d 1-r>: Markush claim 411: Frontview Median Radii

-   -   <18 d 1-ia>: Markush claim 411: Frontview Median Radii Included        Angle.

18 d 2. Markush claim 411: Frontview Median Radii Scaling Coefficient;

-   -   (here 0.75 scaling coefficient).

18 e 1. <18 e 1-r>: Markush claim 411: Topview Median Radii

-   -   <18 e 1-ia>: Markush claim 411: Topview Median Radii Included        Angle.

18 e 2. Markush claim 411: Topview Median Radii Scaling Coefficient;(here 0.75 scaling coefficient).

18 f 1. <18 f 1-r>: Markush claim 411: Sideview Principle Radii.

-   -   <18 f 1-ia>: Markush claim 411: Sldeview Principle Radii        Included Angle.

18 f 2. Markush claim 411: Sideview Principle Radii Scaling Coefficient;

-   -   (here 0.75 scaling coefficient).

18 g 1. <18 g 1-r>: Markush claim 411: Frontview Principle Radii.

-   -   <1 8 g 1-ia>: Markush claim 411: Frontview Principle Radii        Included Angle.

18 g 2. Markush claim 411: Frontview Principle Radii ScalingCoefficient;

-   -   (here 0.75 scaling coefficient).

18 h 1. <18 h 1-r>: Markush claim 411: Topview Principle Radii

-   -   <18 h 1-ia>: Markush claim 411: Topview Principle Radii Included        Angle.

18 h 2. Markush claim 411: Topview Principle Radii Scaling Coefficient;

-   -   (here 0.75 scaling coefficient).

18 l 1. <18 i 1-hh>: Markush claim 411: Sideview Hump to Hump Spacing.

18 i 2. <18 i 2-hh>: Markush claim 411: Frontview Hump to Hump Spacing.

18 i 3. <18 i 3-hh>: Markush claim 411: Topview Hump to Hump Spacing.

19 a. Any shape may be used; herein shape is sometimes called ‘contour’.

19 b. Any shape may be used; herein shape is sometimes called ‘contour’.

19 c. Any shape may be used; herein shape is sometimes called ‘contour’.

19 d. Any shape may be used; herein shape is sometimes called ‘contour’.

20 a. Industry Standard singular-roof sedan.

20 b. Claimed 2-hump sedan/SUV.

20 c. Claimed 2-hump sedan/SUV.

20 d. Claimed 2-hump sedan/SUV.

20 e. Claimed 7-hump Limousine.

21 a. Lighthearted and Fun Limousine.

21 b. Lighthearted and Fun Limousine.

22 a. Not claimed: Buggus singularitus.

22 b. Not claimed: Audius singularitus.

22 c. Not claimed: Coopernicus singularitus.

22 d. Not claimed: Arbitraricus singularitus.

22 e. Claimed: Arbitraricus infinitus.

23 a. Linear Node-to-Node connection.

23 b. Convexly-curved Node-to-Node connection.

23 c. Concavely-curved Node-to-Node connection.

24 a. Forming-tool for B. singularitus.

24 b. B. singularitus.

24 c. Forming-tool for B. singularitus potentially used as forming-toolfor B. infinitus.

24 d. B. infinitus.

25 a. Beautiful equations are often true equations.

25 b. The object-standard of an emulation.

25 c. The emulation of an object-standard; features of the emulation,mirror the features of the standard; Marshall McLuhan rides again.

26 a. The Classic Airstream trailer.

26 b. Claimed Buggus infinitus configured as a mobile-home (towable ormotorized).

27 a. Not claimed: Coopernicus singularitus.

27 b. Claimed Coopernicus infinitus.

27 c. Claimed Coopernicus infinitus.

28 a. In general, people do not get enough sunshine.

28 b. Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, . . . . Chair.

28 bb. The Chair as element; Chairium is listed on The Periodic Tableright next to Oxygen.

28 c. <28 c-t>: Thoraxal portion: that portion against which the back(thorax) rests.

-   -   <28c-r>: Rumpal portion: that portion upon which the rump        (rumpus) rests.

28 da 1. Convex Thoraxal shape: unstable equilibrium.

-   -   Most windshields, for example, are convex.

28 da 2. Concave Thoraxal shape: stable equilibrium;

-   -   called thoraxal curvature modification in Markush claim 418.

28 da 3. Flat Thoraxal shape: relatively stable equilibrium.

-   -   called thoraxal flatness modification in Markush claim 418.

28 db 1. Convex Rumpal shape: unstable equilibrium. Many trunks, forexample, are convex.

28 db 2. Concave Rumpal shape: stable equilibrium;

-   -   called rumpal curvature modification in Markush claim 418.

28 db 3. Flat Rumpal shape: relatively stable equilibrium.

-   -   called rumpal flatness modification in Markush claim 418.

28 e 1. Thoraxal Surface: No Recline.

-   -   called thoraxal reclining angle modification in Markush claim        418.

28 e 2. Thoraxal Surface: Partial Recline.

-   -   called thoraxal reclining angle modification in Markush claim        418.

28 e 3. Thoraxal Surface: Full or almost Full Recline.

-   -   called thoraxal reclining angle modification in Markush claim        418.

28 f 1. Rumpal Surface: No Slope.

-   -   called rumpal slope modification in Markush claim 418.

28 f 2. Rumpal Surface: Slight Slope.

-   -   called rumpal slope modification in Markush claim 418.

28 f 3. Rumpal Surface: Radical Slope.

-   -   called rumpal slope modification in Markush claim 418.

28 f 4. Both Thoraxal Surface and Rumpal Surface: Full Recline andRadical Slope.

-   -   called thoraxal reclining angle modification in Markush claim        418, and rumpal slope modification in Markush claim 418.

28 g. The Roof as Recliner;

-   -   Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 1.

28 h 1. Hatchback Half-Recline, rear surface;

-   -   Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 2, and        Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 3.

28 h 2. Hatchback Half-Recline, front surface;

-   -   Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 2, and    -   Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 3.

28 l. Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 4.

28 j. Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 5.

28 k. Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 10.

28L. Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 11.

28 m. Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 6.

28 n. Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 7

28 o. Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 5.

28 p. Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 11.

28 q. Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 9.

28 r. Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 8. 28s. Seat-Forming-NodeCombination Embodiment 11.

28 t. Seat-Forming-Node Combination Embodiment 2.

28 u 1. Called Sideview Node Shape Modification in Markush claim 418.

28 u 2. Called Sideview Node Sizing Modification in Markush claim 418

28 u 3. Called Sideview Node Spacing Modification in Markush claim 418;

-   -   <28 u 3-sp>: Spacing between Nodes.

29 a 1. Vertically stacked (z-axis) storage racks;

-   -   <29 a 1-rl>: rack 1;    -   <29 a 1-r 2>: rack 2.

29 a 2. Vertically stacked (z-axis) storage racks;

-   -   <29 a 2-b 1>: bicycle 1;    -   <29 a 2-b 2>: bicycle 2.

29 a 3. Vertically stacked (z-axis) storage racks;

-   -   <29 a 3-r 1>: rack 1;    -   <29 a 3-r 2>: rack 2;    -   <29 a 3-bk>: bicycle.

29 b. Laterally stacked (x-axis) storage racks;

-   -   the major-axis of each rack is aligned with the longitudinal        axis (the y-axis);    -   <29 b-n 1>: node 1;    -   <29 b-n 2>: node 2;    -   <29 b-rl>: rack 1;    -   <29 b-r 2>: rack 2;    -   <29 b-r 3>: rack 3.

29 c 1. Longitudinally stacked (y-axis) storage racks;

-   -   the major-axis of each rack is aligned with the lateral axis        (the x-axis);    -   <29 c 1-n 1>: node 1;    -   <29 c 1-n 2>: node 2;    -   <29 c 1-r 1>: rack 1;    -   <29 c-r 2: rack 2.

29 c 2. Both Laterally stacked and Longitudinally stacked;

-   -   the major-axis of each rack is aligned with the longitudinal        axis (the y-axis);    -   <29 c 2-n 1>: node 1;    -   <29 c 2-n 2>: node 2;    -   <29 c 2-rl>: rack 1;    -   <29 c 2-r 2>: rack 2;    -   <29 c 2-r 3>: rack 3;    -   <29 c 2-r 4>: rack 4.

29 d. Longitudinal center-trench;

-   -   <29 d-n 1L>: node 1 Left;    -   <29 d-n 1 r>: node 1 right;    -   <29 d-n 2L>: node 2 Left;    -   <29 d-n 2 r>: node 2 right;    -   <29 d-ct>: center-trench.

30. Branding Energy Amplification Doctrine: A Branding Energy Node mustsubstantially satisfy each and every Branding Energy Element

31 a. No Protuberance.

31 b. Protuberance.

31 c. Protuberance.

32 a. Initial Independence:

-   -   Conception:    -   <32 a-p>: Plumb point on an arbitrary Node Locus.

32 b. Differentiation (Cell Division):

-   -   <32 b-p 1>: Plumb point 1 on an arbitrary Node Locus.    -   <32 b-p 2 1>: Plumb point 2 on an arbitrary Node Locus.    -   <32 b-b>: Boundary point on an arbitrary Node Locus.    -   The boundaryboundary connector (here a point) is in        noncoincidence with the plumbplumb connector.

32 c. Differentiation continues:

-   -   <32 c-p 1>: Plumb point 1 on an arbitrary Node Locus.        -   <32 c-p 2 1>: Plumb point 2 on an arbitrary Node Locus.        -   <32 c-b>: Boundary point on an arbitrary Node Locus.

32 d. Differentiation continues:

-   -   <32 d-p 1>: Plumb point 1 on an arbitrary Node Locus.        -   <32 d-p 2 1>: Plumb point 2 on an arbitrary Node Locus.        -   <32 d-b>: Boundary point on an arbitrary Node Locus.

32 e. Completed Differentiation: <32 e-p 1>: Plumb point 1 on anarbitrary Node Locus. <32 e-p 2 1>: Plumb point 2 on an arbitrary NodeLocus.

32 f. Integration:

-   -   The boundaryboundary connector (here a line), is in        noncoincidence with the plumbplumb connector.

32 g. Integration continues:

-   -   <32 g-p 1>: Plumb point 1 on an arbitrary Node Locus.        -   <32 g-p 2 1>: Plumb point 2 on an arbitrary Node Locus.        -   <32 g-b 1>: Boundary point 1 on an arbitrary Node Locus.        -   <32 g-b 2>: Boundary point 2 on an arbitrary Node Locus.    -   <32 g-ppc>: PlumbPlumb Connector.    -   <32 g-bbc>: BoundaryBoundary Connector.

32 h. Integration continues:

-   -   <32 h-p 1>: Plumb point 1 on an arbitrary Node Locus.        -   <32 h-p 2 1>: Plumb point 2 on an arbitrary Node Locus.        -   <32 h-b 1>: Boundary point 1 on an arbitrary Node Locus.        -   <32 h-b 2>: Boundary point 2 on an arbitrary Node Locus.    -   <32 h-ppc>: PlumbPlumb Connector.    -   <32 h-bbc>: BoundaryBoundary Connector.    -   <32 h 1 nL>: Node Locus 1.    -   <32 h-2 nL>: Node Locus 2.    -   <32 h 1 nLX>: Node Locus 1 Extension.    -   <32 h-2 nLX>: Node Locus 2 Extension.

32 l. Integration continues.

32 j. Integration continues.

32 k. Integration continues.

32L. Integration continues.

32 m. Completed Integration.

32 n. Not claimed: Airstream Trailer.

-   -   <32 n-a>: This point is both the first Node Plumb point and the        first Node Boundary.    -   <32 n-b>: This point is both the second Node Plumb point and the        second Node Boundary.

Therefore the PlumbPlumb Connector and the Boundary Boundary Connectorare in Coincidence; they are not in NonCoincidence.

32 o. Claimed: Modified Airstream Trailer

-   -   The PlumbPlumb Connector and the Boundary Boundary Connector are        in NonCoincidence.    -   <32 o-p 1>: The first Node Plumb point.    -   <32 o-p 2 1>: The second Node Plumb point.    -   <320-b 1>: The first Node Boundary point.    -   <32 o-b 2>: The second Node Boundary point.    -   <32 o-ppc>: The PlumbPlumb Connector.    -   <32 o-bbc>: The BoundaryBoundary Connector.

32 p 1. Claimed: unequal Node radii, or unequal Node radii-center-pointvertical-axis-location.

32 p 2. Claimed: unequal Node radii, or unequal Node radii-center-pointvertical-axis-location.

-   -   Straight bar defines the Plumb points by the rigorous definition        standard; see definition of Plumb (Topic 32: “Node        Independence”).

32 p 3. Claimed: unequal Node radii, or unequal Node radii-center-pointvertical-axis-location.

-   -   Straight bar defines the Plumb points by the rigorous definition        standard; see definition of Plumb (Topic 32: “Node        Independence”).

The rigorous definition standard straight-bar Plumb points (rigorous)are:

-   -   <32 p 3-a> and <32 p 3-b>.

The more frequently-encountered uppermost-point Plumb points (common)(<32 p 3-c> and <32 p 3-d>) are also shown for comparison.

32 p 4. Claimed: unequal Node radii, or unequal Node radii-center-pointvertical-axis-location.

-   -   Straight-bar Standard (rigorous):        -   the PlumbPlumb Connector and the BoundaryBoundary Connector            are in NonCoincidence;        -   in fact, these line segments never even intersect;        -   therefore claimed.    -   Uppermost-point standard (common):        -   the PlumbPlumb Connector and the BoundaryBoundary Connector            are in NonCoincidence;        -   they intersect at one and only one point: <32 p 4-b 1>;        -   therefore claimed.

33 a. Plurality: 3 Nodes.

33 b. Plurality: 4 Nodes.

33 c. Plurality: 5 Nodes.

33 d. Plurality: 6 Nodes.

33 e. Plurality: 7 Nodes.

33 f. Plurality: 8 Nodes.

33 g. Plurality: 9 Nodes.

33 h. Plurality: 10 Nodes.

34. Conveying Person A from place P1 to place P2.

35 a. <35 a-PaA>: Accommodating Person a in Node 1;

-   -   <35 a-PbA>: Accommodating Person b in Node 2.

35 b. Accommodating Person on Node 1 and on Node 2.

36 a 1. BEA vehicle with plural BEA Nodes Amplifies the brand comprisedby itself.

36 a 2. BEA vehicle with plural BEA Nodes Amplifies anArchftecturally-Associated brand.

36 b 1. BEA vehicle with plural BEA Nodes and integrally-formed seatingsurface Amplifies the brand comprised by itself.

36 b 2. BEA vehicle with plural BEA Nodes and integrally-formed seatingsurface Amplifies an Architecturally-Associated brand.

36 c 1. BEA vehicle with Diural BEA Nodes . . . but only 1 passengercompartment and integrally-formed seating surface, Amplifies the brandcomprised by Itself.

-   -   The formation of an exterior integrally-formed seating surface        itself attracts attention;        -   and therefore transforms this ordinary sedan into a BEA            vehicle;        -   the BEA Nodes satisfy all six BEA Elements;        -   the rear-windshield of the passenger-compartment becomes the            Thoraxal portion of the exterior integrally-formed seating            surface; the passenger-compartment thus becomes the first            on-type Node;        -   the trunk-compartment becomes the Rumpal portion of the            exterior integrally-formed seating surface; the            trunk-compartment thus becomes the second on-type Node;        -   The two Nodes together satisfy the Plurality criteria;        -   therefore this ordinary sedan becomes a BEA vehicle.

36 c 2. BEA vehicle with plural BEA Nodes . . . but only 1 passengercompartment, Amplifies an Architecturally-Associated brand.

-   -   The formation of        -   an exterior integrally-formed seating surface Itself            attracts attention; and therefore transforms this ordinary            sedan into a BEA vehicle;        -   the BEA Nodes satisfy all six BEA Elements;        -   the rear-windshield of the passenger-compartment becomes the            Thoraxal portion of the exterior integrally-formed seating            surface; the passenger-compartment thus becomes the first            on-type Node;        -   the trunk-compartment becomes the Rumpal portion of the            exterior integrally-formed seating surface; the            trunk-compartment thus becomes the second on-type Node;        -   The two Nodes together satisfy the Plurality criteria;            therefore this ordinary sedan becomes a BEA vehicle.

401. A method for the amplification of the energy of brand; establishedupon a paradigm of the plurality of node; pertaining to motorized andtowable automotive vehicles; the nodes substantially satisfying atotality of the branding energy amplification doctrine for brandingenergy nodes; wherein: an amplification of selected parameters, isgenerally attained by multiplication through repeated addition; and isspecifically attained by a recursive process of recursive nodeformation; the selected parameters including at least a parameter of theattraction of attention; and preferably including at least a parameterof the evocation of memory accomplished through a formation ofarchitecturally associated nodes which architecturally mirror anarchitectural memory of an architecturally associated brand; the methodcomprising the steps of: enforming a first branding energy node; andenforming at least a second branding energy node; at least the secondnode functioning to at least attract attention; multiplied nodesmultiplied visibility multiplied recognizability multiplied remembrancemultiplied brand; multiplied sales multiplied brand; multiplied profitsmultiplied brand.
 402. A branding energy amplifier for the amplificationof the energy of brand; established upon a paradigm of the plurality ofnode; pertaining to motorized and towable automotive vehicles; the nodessubstantially satisfying a totality of the branding energy amplificationdoctrine for branding energy nodes; wherein: an amplification ofselected parameters, is generally attained by multiplication throughrepeated addition; and is specifically attained by a recursive processof recursive node formation; the selected parameters including at leasta parameter of the attraction of attention; and preferably including atleast a parameter of the evocation of memory accomplished through aformation of architecturally associated nodes which architecturallymirror an architectural memory of an architecturally associated brand;the amplifier comprising: a first beetlelike curve obtained biologicallyby an automotive biological cellular division of the basic concept ofbeetlelike curvature as uniquely expressed in the Volkswagen beetle; thefirst beetlelike curve substantially forming a first beetlelike curvedrooftop hump; and a second beetlelike curve obtained biologically by anautomotive biological cellular division of the basic concept ofbeetlelike curvature as uniquely expressed in the Volkswagen beetle; thesecond beetlelike curve substantially forming a second beetlelike curvedrooftop hump; at least the second rooftop hump functioning to at leastattract attention; whereby, the very singular Volkswagen beetleengenders and gives birth to plurally curved automotive offspring; whichoffspring implicitly retain at least permutations of basic beetle dna;and which offspring faithfully mirror and courageously echo the boldrolled rounded rotundity of the Volkswagen beetle; that globularglobalar spirit which is the very essence of beetleness; multipliednodes multiplied visibility multiplied recognizability multipliedremembrance multiplied brand; multiplied sales multiplied brand;multiplied profits multiplied brand.
 403. A method for the amplificationof the energy of brand; established upon a paradigm of the plurality ofnode; pertaining to motorized and towable automotive vehicles; the nodessubstantially satisfying a totality of the branding energy amplificationdoctrine for branding energy nodes; wherein, a selective amplificationof selected parameters is generally attained by multiplication throughrepeated addition; and is specifically attained by a recursive processof recursive node formation; the selected parameters including at leasta parameter of the attraction of attention; and a parameter of thetransmission of solar energy; the method comprising the steps of:enforming a first on type seatforming branding energy node; the exteriorsurface of the node implicitly forming a thoraxal support surface; thenode forming a portion of the exterior surface of the automobile;enforming at least a second on type seatforming branding energy node;the exterior surface of the node implicitly forming a rumpal supportsurface; the node forming a portion of the exterior surface of theautomobile; both the first node thoraxal surface and the second noderumpal surface implicitly and synergistically forming together at leastone exterior resting surface for resting and for seating upon theexterior surface of the automotive vehicle; the resting surfacespecifically designed and specifically engineered and specificallymanufactured to be specifically a resting specific surface specificallyfor human beings specifically; the resting surface preferably forresting use when the automotive vehicle itself is at rest; whereby theintegrally formed and synergistic automotive vehicle exterior surfaceand exterior resting surface combination implicitly attracts attention;and therefore implicitly amplifies the energy of brand; and whereby, thenodes simultaneously and synergistically and integrally and implicitlyform both the exterior surface of the vehicle; and the exterior,outdoor, open air, resting surface for human beings; providing for thema convenient place to soak up sunshine; thereby directly impactingsunshine related metabolic functions such as the metabolism of vitamind; and the metabolism of serotonin; and the metabolism of melatonin; andwhereby, the resting surface provides a comfortable and convenient placefor viewing outdoor events like baligames, and parades, and fourth ofjuly fireworks; and for soaking up the sun, and the sand, and the surf;and for enjoying sunrises, and sunsets, and nighttime skies filled withtwinkling starlight from stars which twinkle; multiplied nodesmultiplied visibility multiplied recognizability multiplied remembrancemultiplied brand; multiplied sales multiplied brand; multiplied profitsmultiplied brand.
 404. A limousine having a plurality of rooftop nodeswhich form at least a portion of the rooftop; the rooftop nodes at leastfunctioning for attracting attention; and for creating a brand which iscomprised by a principle of node plurality.
 405. A sports utilityvehicle having at least two rooftop nodes which form at least a portionof the rooftop; the rooftop nodes at least functioning for attractingattention; and for creating a brand which is comprised by a principle ofnode plurality.
 406. An automobile having at least one integrally formedexterior resting surface providing a surface of resting for at least onehuman being; the resting surface specifically designed and specificallyengineered and specifically manufactured to be specifically a restingspecific surface specifically for human beings specifically; the restingsurface preferably for resting use when the automobile itself is atrest; the resting surface integrally enformed by and integrally enformedupon an exterior surface of at least one node; the node forming aportion of the exterior surface of the automobile; the resting surfaceat least functioning for attracting attention; and for creating a brandwhich is comprised by a principle of node plurality; and for providing asurface of rest; and for creating a brand which is comprised by aprinciple of integrally formed exteriorly formed resting surface forhuman beings.
 407. The method of claim number 401 further modified tocreate, in affect, a rolling automotive billboard for attractingattention; and for amplifying the energy of brand; the method furthercomprising the steps of: enmultiplying the number of nodes; and therebyencreasing the net number of nodes per unit automotive length; andthereby enhancing the node resolution; the node resolution measured innodes per unit automotive length; much like a television set; and atimes square lay board; both of which are rated in dots per unit length;that is, in nodes per unit length; so as to effectively create, inaffect, the rolling automotive billboard; and enlarging the physicalsizing of each node; so as to effectively create, in affect, the rollingautomotive billboard; and thereby enhancing the visibility of therolling automotive billboard; and thereby entensifying the visual impactof the rolling automotive billboard; and thereby entensifying theemotive and cognitive impact of the rolling automotive billboard on thehuman brain; very much like the dazzling display boards at times square;which are rated both in nodes per unit length; and in overall physicalsize; whereby, the plurally noded rolling automotive billboardimplicitly and continuously functions as an amplifier of the energy ofbrand; and whereby, the amplifier of the energy of brand implicitly andcontinuously functions as the rolling automotive billboard.
 408. Themethod of claim number 401 further comprising the step of: expressingwithin at least one of the nodes, an architectural shape which isarchitecturally associated architecturally with a branded shape of ashaped brand; the architectural shape sufficiently architecturallysimilar, so as to architecturally mirror the shaped architecturalresemblance of the branded shape of the shaped brand; and to echo amemory, however slight, of the branded shape comprising the shapedbrand; and to evoke a memory, however slight, of the shaped brand whichis comprised by the branded shape; and enmirroring architecturally theshaped architectural resemblance of the branded shape; and echoing thememory of the branded shape; however slight that memory may be; andevoking the memory of the shaped brand; however slight that memory maybe; and enhancing the visibility of the automotive vehicle; byenpluralizing the total number of nodes enformed; and encreasing therecognizability of the automotive vehicle; by appropriately enscalingthe physical sizing of the nodes enformed; and encatalyzing via thearchitecturally enmirrored shaped architectural resemblance; and via theechoed memory of the branded shape; and via the evoked memory of theshaped brand; and via the enhanced visibility; and via the encreasedrecognizability; the amplification of the sales of any of the species ofthe genus of the shaped brand, including the very vehicle itself; andenchanneling the amplified profits, from the encatalyzed sales, to anycompany owning, however indirectly, any of the branding rights, to anyof the species of the genus of the shaped brand, including the veryvehicle itself.
 409. The method of claim number 401 wherein: each nodeis implicitly acoustically modified to implicitly function acousticallyto acoustically intensify the auditory acoustical enjoyment of theoccupants of the vehicle; the method further comprising the steps of:enforming the branding energy nodes as at least first and secondsubstantially curved rooftop nodes; each node substantially curved tosubstantially function as an interior reflecting quasiparabolic acousticlens; each lens implicitly having an exterior nonadjacent area; and anexterior adjacent area; and an interior quasifocalpoint; and an interiorinside area exclusive of the quasifocalpoint; and each lenssubstantially attenuating and substantially nullifying and substantiallyrejecting undesirable acoustic energy originating from the exteriornonadjacent area; and the exterior adjacent area; thereby functioningmuch like a bandstop filter; and each lens substantially accentuatingand substantially amplifying and substantially accepting desirableacoustic energy originating from the interior quasifocalpoint; and fromthe interior inside area exclusive of the quasifocalpoint; therebyfunctioning much like a bandpass filter and amplifier; and entuning eachnode, as desired, to attain a predetermined acoustic parameter; and apredetermined frequency response; and attaining implicitly an acousticquality accumulation rating of c; per unit node; where c is shorthandfor curved; and observing a lower acoustic quality accumulation ratingof f; per unit node; for the industry standard substantially flat toppedroof; where f is shorthand for flat; and surpassing the acoustic qualityaccumulation rating of the acoustically inferior flat roof, by aquantity c minus f; per unit node; and accumulating a whole vehicleacoustic quality accumulation rating of the quantity c minus f,multiplied by the number of nodes n; and therefore multiplying acousticquality; and thereby substantially isolating the occupants of thevehicle from undesirable noise; and thereby substantially enveloping theoccupants of the vehicle with pleasurable acoustic energy; much likethat in a symphonic space for music; and in a bandshell; and therebysubstantially intensifying the auditory enjoyment experienced by theoccupants of the vehicle.
 410. The method of claim number 401 whereineach node is implicitly photometrically modified to implicitly functionphotometrically to photometrically intensify the illuminationalenjoyment of the occupants of the vehicle; the method further comprisingthe steps of: enforming the branding energy nodes as at least first andsecond substantially curved light transmitting sunroof lenses; andtransmitting light energy to the interior of the vehicle through eachlens; and gathering increased light energy for increased lighttransmission by virtue of the increased surface area of eachsubstantially curved sunroof lens; relative to the industry standardsubstantially flat sunroof; and gathering increased light energy forincreased light transmission; by virtue of the prismlike lens affect ofeach substantially curved sunroof lens; relative to the industrystandard substantially flat sunroof; and attaining implicitly a lighttransmission quality accumulation rating of c; per unit node; where c isshorthand for curved; and observing a lower light transmission qualityaccumulation rating of f; per unit node; for the industry standardsubstantially flat topped sunroof; where f is shorthand for flat; andsurpassing the light transmission quality accumulation rating of thetransmissively inferior flat sunroof, by a quantity c minus f; per unitnode; and accumulating a whole vehicle light transmission qualityaccumulation rating of the quantity c minus f, multiplied by the numberof nodes n; and therefore multiplying transmitted light energy; andthereby substantially enveloping the occupants of the vehicle withpleasurable energy from the sun; and thereby substantially intensifyingthe enjoyment of the human occupants of the vehicle; human beings are,in many ways, solar powered; human beings depend on sunlight for suchvital processes as the metabolism of vitamin d; and the metabolism ofserotonin; and the metabolism of melatonin; the enjoyment of humanbeings therefore is directly linked to sunlight exposure; sunlightexposure is multiplicatively intensified by multiplied sunroofs. 411.The branding energy amplifier of claim number 402 further comprising: amodification of at least one of the at least two beetlelike curves, themodification involving at least one hump shape paradigm alteration; andthe modification involving at least one hump shape parameter alteration;the hump shape paradigm alteration selected from the group consisting ofnode contour alterations and node scaling alterations and node spacingalterations and node fragmentation alterations; and the hump shapeparameter alteration selected from the group consisting of sideviewmedian radii alterations and sideview principle radii alterations andsideview median radii included angle alterations and sideview principleradii included angle alterations and sideview median radii scalingcoefficient alterations and sideview principle radii scaling coefficientalterations and sideview hump to hump spacing alterations and frontviewmedian radii alterations and frontview principle radii alterations andfrontview median radii included angle alterations and frontviewprinciple radii included angle alterations and frontview median radiiscaling coefficient alterations and frontview principle radii scalingcoefficient alterations and frontview hump to hump spacing alterationsand topview median radii alterations and topview principle radiialterations and topview median radii included angle alterations andtopview principle radii included angle alterations and topview medianradii scaling coefficient alterations and topview principle radiiscaling coefficient alterations and topview hump to hump spacingalterations; the alterations performed in order to accomplish apredetermined purpose; potentially for example, to achieve a sizingincrease accommodation by performing a node scaling alteration; thealterations performed in a very skillful manner in order tosubstantially preserve the same look and feel and reminiscence of theVolkswagen beetle; that same look and that same feel and and that samereminiscence which is a very important and beautiful characteristic; andwhich is implicitly present within the curvature of the Volkswagenbeetle in its unaltered state; the alterations also performed in a veryskillful manner in order to faithfully mirror and courageously echo thebold rolled rounded rotundity of the Volkswagen beetle; that globalarspirit; that globular spirit; that very same spirit which is the veryessence of beetle beetleness.
 412. The branding energy amplifier ofclaim number 402 further comprising: a quantity, and an enformation, andan arrangement, and an architectural sizing, of the curved beetlelikehumps, which is substantially sufficient to substantially enformsubstantially a limousine.
 413. The branding energy amplifier of claimnumber 402 further comprising: a quantity, and an enformation, and anarrangement, and an architectural sizing, of the beetlelike curvedrooftop humps, which is substantially sufficient to substantially enformsubstantially a sports utility vehicle.
 414. The sports utility vehicleof claim number 413 further comprising: a sufficient enformation, and asufficient arrangement, and a sufficient amplification of thearchitectural sizing, of the beetlelike curved rooftop humps, which issubstantially sufficient to substantially engender substantially ajacked up, testosterone laced, steroid saturated, sinew snapping,curvaturistically globular, wide framed, big and bad and ahnery andalmost animalistic sports utility vehicle; a bugabug on steroids; forproviding exceptional lateral stability; and for providing physicallyamplified interior headroom space; and for providing amplified energy ofbrand amplification; by amplifying attraction of attention; by theenformation of the curved beetlelike humps; and by the arrangement ofthe curved beetlelike humps; and by the amplification of thearchitectural sizing of the curved beetlelike humps.
 415. The sportsutility vehicle of claim number 413 further comprising: a sufficientenformation, and a sufficient arrangement, and a sufficient attenuationof the architectural sizing, of the beetlelike curved rooftop humps,which is substantially sufficient to substantially engendersubstantially a petite, and delicate, and diminutive sports utilityvehicle; a kind of kinder, gentler suv; for navigating narrowerroadways; and for attaining increased fuel efficiency; while stilloffering both the headroom increases implicitly provided by curvedrooftop vehicles; and the branding energy amplification implicitlyprovided by plural rooftop vehicles.
 416. The branding energy amplifierof claim number 402 further comprising: a sufficient enformation, and asufficient arrangement, and a sufficient highly amplified amplificationof the architectural sizing, of the beetlelike curved rooftop humps,which is substantially sufficient to substantially engendersubstantially a beetlelike motorized mobile home; for providing highlyamplified interior headroom space; and for providing highly amplifiedsunlight flux potential; and for providing highly amplified visibility;and highly amplified recognizability; and for providing highly amplifiedbranding energy amplification; due to highly amplified attraction ofattention; due to both highly amplified visibility; and highly amplifiedrecognizability; due to the highly amplified amplification of thearchitectural sizing; and a formation of the highly amplified beetlelikecurved rooftop humps, which is substantially sufficient, tosubstantially provide a substantially sufficient reminiscence of theglobular globalar spirit which is the very essence of Volkswagen beetlebeetleness; in order to evoke the memory of, and to catalyze the saleof, both the Volkswagen beetle; and the beetlelike motorized mobile homeitself.
 417. The branding energy amplifier of claim number 402 furthercomprising: a sufficient enformation, and a sufficient arrangement, anda sufficient highly amplified amplification of the architectural sizing,of the beetlelike curved rooftop humps, which is substantiallysufficient to substantially engender substantially a beetlelike towablemobile home; for providing highly amplified interior headroom space; andfor providing highly amplified sunlight flux potential; and forproviding highly amplified visibility; and highly amplifiedrecognizability; and for providing highly amplified branding energyamplification; due to highly amplified attraction of attention; due toboth highly amplified visibility; and highly amplified recognizability;due to the highly amplified amplification of the architectural sizing;and a formation of the highly amplified beetlelike curved rooftop humps,which is substantially sufficient, to substantially provide asubstantially sufficient reminiscence of the globular globalar spiritwhich is the very essence of Volkswagen beetle beetleness; in order toevoke the memory of, and to catalyze the sale of, both the Volkswagenbeetle; and the beetlelike towable mobile home itself.
 418. The methodof claim number 403 further comprising the steps of: enforming the ontype seatforming branding energy nodes as beetlelike curved camellike,substantially adjacent, rooftop humps; and enforming the beetlelikecurved camellike substantially adjacent rooftop humps as the exteriorresting surface for resting and for seating; the exterior restingsurface positioned upon the rooftop; in very camel like fashion, betweenthe substantially adjacent rooftop humps; and enmodifying at least oneresting surface parameter, in such a way as desired, to provide acomfortable resting surface; for potentially accommodating comfortablyat least one resting human being; the resting surface parameterenmodification selected from the group consisting of: sideview nodeshape modifications and sideview node sizing modifications and sideviewnode spacing modifications and thoraxal curvature modifications andthoraxal flatness modifications and rumpal curvature modifications andrumpal flatness modifications and thoraxal reclining angle modificationsand rumpal slope modifications; whereby the camellike curved beetlelikehumps synergistically function together to integrally and implicitlyprovide a comfortable resting surface; for seating and for lounging andfor resting; and whereby the camellike curved beetlelike humpssynergistically function together to integrally and implicitly provide araised outdoor platform surface for viewing outdoor events such asballgames, and parades, and fourth of july fireworks; and for soaking upthe sun, and the sand, and the surf; and for enjoying twinklingstarlight from stars which twinkle; and whereby the beetlelike curvedcamellike humps synergistically function together to implicitly attractattention, and to implicitly amplify the energy of brand; and wherebythe beetlelike curved camellike humps synergistically function togetherto implicitly attract attention, and to implicitly amplify the energy ofthe brand comprised by buggus singularitus and buggus infinitus. 419.The method of claim number 403 further comprising the steps of:enforming the thoraxal support surface, enformed by the first on typeseatforming branding energy node, as a thoraxally supporting, Volkswagenbeetle, hatchback node surface; and enforming the rumpal supportsurface, enformed by the second on type seatforming branding energynode, as a rumpally supporting, Volkswagen beetle, combination nodesurface; comprising both a hatchback node extension surface, and abumper node surface; the thoraxal surface and the rumpal surfaceimplicitly and synergistically forming together at least the exteriorresting surface for resting and for seating upon the exterior surface ofthe vehicle; and upon both the hatchback node surface, and thecombination node surface; and enmodifying at least one resting surfaceparameter, in such a way as desired, to provide a comfortable restingsurface; for potentially accommodating comfortably at least one restinghuman being; the resting surface parameter enmodification selected fromthe group consisting of: sideview node shape modifications and sideviewnode sizing modifications and sideview node spacing modifications andthoraxal curvature modifications and thoraxal flatness modifications andrumpal curvature modifications and rumpal flatness modifications andthoraxal reclining angle modifications and rumpal slope modifications;whereby both the Volkswagen beetle hatchback node surface, and theVolkswagen beetle combination node surface, synergistically functiontogether to integrally and implicitly and comfortably provide theexterior resting surface for resting and for seating; and whereby theVolkswagen beetle node surfaces synergistically function together tointegrally and implicitly provide a raised outdoor platform surface forviewing outdoor events such as baligames, and parades, and fourth ofjuly fireworks; and for soaking up the sun, and the sand, and the surf;and for enjoying twinkling starlight from stars which twinkle; andwhereby the Volkswagen beetle node surfaces synergistically functiontogether to implicitly attract attention, and to implicitly amplify theenergy of brand; and whereby the Volkswagen beetle node surfacessynergistically function together to implicitly attract attention, andto implicitly amplify the energy of the brand comprised by buggussingularitus and buggus infinitus.
 420. The method of claim number 403further comprising the steps of: enforming the thoraxal support surface,enformed by the first on type seatforming branding energy node, as athoraxally supporting Volkswagen beetle hatchback node surface; andenforming the rumpal support surface, enformed by the second on typeseatforming branding energy node, as a rumpally supporting Volkswagenbeetle bumper node surface; the thoraxal surface and the rumpal surfaceimplicitly and synergistically forming together at least the exteriorresting surface for resting and for seating upon the exterior surface ofthe vehicle; and upon both the hatchback node surface, and the bumpernode surface enmodifying at least one resting surface parameter in sucha way as desired to provide a comfortable resting surface; forpotentially accommodating comfortably at least one resting human being;the resting surface parameter enmodification selected from the groupconsisting of: sideview node shape modifications and sideview nodesizing modifications and sideview node spacing modifications andthoraxal curvature modifications and thoraxal flatness modifications andrumpal curvature modifications and rumpal flatness modifications andthoraxal reclining angle modifications and rumpal slope modifications;whereby both the Volkswagen beetle hatchback node surface, and theVolkswagen beetle bumper node surface synergistically function togetherto integrally and implicitly and comfortably provide the exteriorresting surface for resting and for seating; and whereby the Volkswagenbeetle node surfaces synergistically function together to integrally andimplicitly provide a raised outdoor platform surface for viewing outdoorevents such as ballgames, and parades, and fourth of july fireworks; andfor soaking up the sun, and the sand, and the surf; and for enjoyingtwinkling starlight from stars which twinkle; and whereby the Volkswagenbeetle node surfaces synergistically function together to implicitlyattract attention, and to implicitly amplify the energy of brand; andwhereby the Volkswagen beetle node surfaces synergistically functiontogether to implicitly attract attention, and to implicitly amplify theenergy of the brand comprised by buggus singularitus and buggusinfinitus.
 421. The sports utility vehicle of claim number 413 furthercomprising: a substantially tubular configuration of the beetlelikecurved rooftop humps; for providing substantially more interior headroomrelative to a nontubelike hump; which nontubelike hump would otherwisetaper downward along an axis which is defined by a reference axis of thetubelike hump; and would otherwise therefore nullify a portion of theinterior headroom; the tubular configuration useful for empoweringalready empowered sports utility vehicles with even more power; thepower of attitude; the tubular configuration also potentially useful formaximizing the interior volume of luxury limousines.
 422. The method ofclaim number 408 the method further comprising the step of: enformingwithin at least one of the nodes, preferably within a node which forms aportion of the rooftop, a shape which is substantially approximatelysimilar to, but not necessarily precisely equal to, the shape of theVolkswagen beetle of any generation; and preferably, the most currentgeneration.
 423. The method of claim number 408 the method furthercomprising the step of: enforming within at least one of the nodes,preferably within a node which forms a portion of the rooftop, a shapewhich is substantially approximately similar to, but not necessarilyprecisely equal to, the shape of the audi tt of any generation; andpreferably, the most current generation.
 424. The method of claim number408 the method further comprising the step of: enforming within at leastone of the nodes, preferably within a node which forms a portion of therooftop, a shape which is substantially approximately similar to, butnot necessarily precisely equal to, the shape of the cooper mini of anygeneration; and preferably, the most current generation.
 425. The methodof claim number 408 the method further comprising the step of: enformingwithin at least one of the nodes, preferably within a node which forms aportion of the rooftop, a shape which is substantially approximatelysimilar to, but not necessarily precisely equal to, a shape of anyplurally noded vehicle.
 426. The limousine of claim number 404 wherein:at least one of the rooftop nodes, is substantially curved; and issubstantially enformed in a shape which is substantially approximatelysimilar to, but not necessarily precisely equal to, the shape of theVolkswagen beetle of any generation; and preferably, the most currentgeneration.
 427. The limousine of claim number 404 wherein: at least oneof the rooftop nodes, is substantially enformed in a shape which issubstantially approximately similar to, but not necessarily preciselyequal to, the shape of the audi tt of any generation; and preferably,the most current generation.
 428. The limousine of claim number 404wherein: at least one of the rooftop nodes, is substantially enformed ina shape which is substantially approximately similar to, but notnecessarily precisely equal to, the shape of the cooper mini of anygeneration; and preferably, the most current generation.
 429. The sportsutility vehicle of claim number 405 wherein: at least one of the rooftopnodes, is substantially curved; and is substantially enformed in a shapewhich is substantially approximately similar to, but not necessarilyprecisely equal to, the shape of the Volkswagen beetle of anygeneration; and preferably, the most current generation.
 430. The sportsutility vehicle of claim number 405 wherein: at least one of the rooftopnodes, is substantially enformed in a shape which is substantiallyapproximately similar to, but not necessarily precisely equal to, theshape of the audi tt of any generation; and preferably, the most currentgeneration.
 431. The sports utility vehicle of claim number 405 wherein:at least one of the rooftop nodes, is substantially enformed in a shapewhich is substantially approximately similar to, but not necessarilyprecisely equal to, the shape of the cooper mini of any generation; andpreferably, the most current generation.